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Two Lineages of KLRA with Contrasting Transcription Patterns Have Been Conserved at a Single Locus during Ruminant Speciation.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 May 2020
Gibson Mark S, Allan Alasdair J, Sanderson Nicholas D, Birch James, Gubbins Simon, Ellis Shirley A, Hammond John A
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Cattle possess the most diverse repertoire of NK cell receptor genes among all mammals studied to date. Killer cell receptor genes encoded within the NK complex and killer cell Ig-like receptor genes encoded within the leukocyte receptor complex have both been expanded and diversified. Our previous studies identified two divergent and polymorphic KLRA alleles within the NK complex in the Holstein-Friesian breed...
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