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Population frequencies and putative haplotypes of the killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor sequences and evidence for recombination.
Transplantation - 15 Dec 1999
Witt C S, Dewing C, Sayer D C, Uhrberg M, Parham P, Christiansen F T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) are a family of receptors expressed on natural killer (NK) cells and some T cells. Class I HLA molecules on target cells are the ligands for the KIR receptors. The number of KIR genes has been reported to vary between individuals, resulting in different KIR haplotypes. There is little published data on the frequency of each KIR gene and the linkage...
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