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KIR diversity in three ethnic minority populations in China.
Journal of translational medicine - 11 Jul 2015
Zhou Qiongxiu, Wang Jue, He Zhi, Li Xiaojuan, Mao Song, Huang Shu, Bian Guohui, Ma Feng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) show extensive variation in genetic content and allelic polymorphi sms among different populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed the distribution of KIR genes in the Tibetan ethnic minority of Lhasa city, the Uyghur and Kazakh ethnic minorities of Urumqi city populations in China. Genotyping of 16 KIR genes was tested in 479 randomly selected...
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