Copy number variation leads to considerable diversity for B but not A haplotypes of the human KIR genes encoding NK cell receptors

Genome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1845-1854

  Jiang, Wei ^a,b   Johnson, Chris ^a,b   Jayaraman, Jyothi ^a,b   Simecek, Nikol ^b   Noble, Janelle ^c   Moffatt, Miriam F ^d   Cookson, William O ^d   Trowsdale, John ^a,b   Traherne, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KIR GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ALLELES; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUSION; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, KIR; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867182170     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.137976.112     Document Type: Article

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