Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor gene linkage and copy number variation analysis by droplet digital PCR

Genome Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Roberts, Chrissy h ^a   Jiang, Wei ^b,c   Jayaraman, Jyothi ^b,c   Trowsdale, John ^b,c   Holland, Martin J ^a   Traherne, James A ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; DNA; 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 3DS1;

ARTICLE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DROPLET DIGITAL POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMBIAN; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899492011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm537     Document Type: Article

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