Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor gene diversity in the Tibetan ethnic minority group of China

Human Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1116-1123

  Zhu, Bo feng ^a,b   Wang, Hong dan ^a   Shen, Chun mei ^b   Deng, Ya jun ^c   Yang, Guang ^d   Wu, Qing ju ^b   Xu, Peng ^e   Qin, Hai xia ^d   Fan, Shuan liang ^a   Huang, Ping ^f   Deng, Li bin ^g   Lucas, Rudolf ^d   Wang, Zhen Yuan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shaanxi Blood Center   (China)

^c BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Xi'an Red Cross Hospital   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE   (China)

^g NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

KIR; LD; PCR SSP; Tibetan ethnic group

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL2; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL3; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL4; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL5; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL5A; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL5B; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DP1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DS1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DS2; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DS3; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DS4; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DS5; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DL1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DL2; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DP1; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 3DS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE;

CHINA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, KIR; TIBET;

EID: 77957743464     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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