在人类泛基因组组合中,杀手细胞免疫球蛋白类受体基因的遗传复杂性

Tsung-Kai Hung1, Wan-Chi Liu2, Sheng-Kai Lai3,4

  • 1Graduate Institute of Medical Genomics and Proteomics, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 100233, Taiwan.

Genome research
|September 9, 2024
PubMed
概括

一个新的工具,SKIRT,使用高质量的基因组组件精确分析杀手细胞免疫球蛋白样受体 (KIR) 基因多样性. 它确定了新的KIR等位基因和结构变异,推动了免疫反应研究.

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