Diversity of Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor Genes in the Bai Ethnic Minority of Yunnan, China

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 284-292

  Zhu, B F ^a,b,c   Wang, H D ^b,d   Shen, C M ^c   Fan, A Y ^d   Yang, G ^e   Qin, H X ^e   Jin, T B ^f   Xie, T ^g   Deng, L ^h   Lucas, R ^e   Lian, Z M ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shaanxi Blood Center   (China)

^d XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CHINA; ETHNICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MINORITY GROUPS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RECEPTORS, KIR;

EID: 79952064252     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2011.02508.x     Document Type: Article

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