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KIR genes polymorphism in Argentinean Caucasoid and Amerindian populations.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jun 2007
Flores A C, Marcos C Y, Paladino N, Capucchio M, Theiler G, Arruvito L, Pardo R, Habegger A, Williams F, Middleton D, Fainboim L
Abstract excerpt
In natural killer cells, killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) loci code for either inhibitory or activating receptors, and according to the number of genes present in each individual, it is possible to identify a high rate of polymorphism in the populations. We performed KIR typing by polymerase chain reaction-sequence-specific oligonucleotide probing in 402 Argentinean Caucasoid and in two Amerindian...
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