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KIR gene diversity in Mexican mestizos of San Luis Potosí.
Immunogenetics - 1 Sept 2011
Alvarado-Hernández Diana Lorena, Hernández-Ramírez Daniel, Noyola Daniel Ernesto, García-Sepúlveda Christian Alberto
Abstract excerpt
Natural killer (NK) cell function is regulated by different types of membrane-bound receptors of which killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are the most complex and diverse. KIRs are encoded by 17 different genes located within the leukocyte receptor complex (19q13.4). The frequency with which KIR gene features are present in different human populations differs. Here, we present our results on the KIR...
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