Distribution of KIR genes in Han population in Yunnan Province: Comparison with other Han populations in China

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 361-368

  Shi, L ^a,a   Zhang, H ^a   Shen, Y ^b   Dong, Y ^b   Li, Y ^b   Dong, Z ^a   Guo, C ^a   Yao, Y ^a   Yu, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b Technology University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEGRO; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, KIR;

EID: 84883655155     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iji.12046     Document Type: Article

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