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Characterization of rhesus macaque KIR genotypes and haplotypes.
Immunogenetics - 1 May 2010
Kruse Philip H, Rosner Cornelia, Walter Lutz
Abstract excerpt
Certain combinations of the killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and major histocompatibility complex class I ligands in humans predispose carriers to a variety of diseases, requiring sophisticated genotyping of the highly polymorphic and diverse KIR and HLA genes. Particularly, KIR genotyping is challenging due to polymorphisms (allelic substitutions), genomic diversity (presence/absence of genes), and...
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