The extreme plasticity of killer cell Ig-like receptor (KIR) haplotypes differentiates rhesus macaques from humans

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2719-2728

  Blokhuis, Jeroen H ^a   van der Wiel, Marit K ^a   Doxiadis, Gaby G M ^a   Bontrop, Ronald E ^a,b  

^a BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative immunology; Evolution; KIR; NK cells; Rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDIA; INFECTION; MYANMAR; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, MHC CLASS I; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACACA MULATTA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, KIR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052150716     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141621     Document Type: Article

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