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Different patterns of evolution in the centromeric and telomeric regions of group A and B haplotypes of the human killer cell Ig-like receptor locus.
PloS one - 29 Dec 2010
Pyo Chul-Woo, Guethlein Lisbeth A, Vu Quyen, Wang Ruihan, Abi-Rached Laurent, Norman Paul J, Marsh Steven G E, Miller Jeffrey S, Parham Peter, Geraghty Daniel E
Abstract excerpt
The fast evolving human KIR gene family encodes variable lymphocyte receptors specific for polymorphic HLA class I determinants. Nucleotide sequences for 24 representative human KIR haplotypes were determined. With three previously defined haplotypes, this gave a set of 12 group A and 15 group B haplotypes for assessment of KIR variation. The seven gene-content haplotypes are all combinations of four centromeric...
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