The killer immunoglobulin-like receptor gene cluster: tuning the genome for defense.

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Published in Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet on January 01, 2006

Authors

Arman A Bashirova1, Maureen P Martin, Daniel W McVicar, Mary Carrington

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1: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA.

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