title: Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors genotyping of 127 individuals from Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal.
abstract: One hundred and twenty-seven unrelated Azorean individuals were randomly selected to study the gene frequencies of Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) in the Azorean (Terceira) population. KIR genotyping was performed by polymerase chain reaction using commercial sequence-specific oligonucleotide probe kits. All loci were in HWE, showing no locus-level deviations. The genotype data is available in the Allele Frequencies Net Database under the population name "Azores Terceira Island KIR".
authors: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Genetics & Arthritis Research Group (GARG), IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: bfbettencourt@seebmo.org.
authors: Bruno Filipe
authors: BF
authors: Bettencourt
authors: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Genetics & Arthritis Research Group (GARG), IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors: João Paulo
authors: JP
authors: Pinheiro
authors: SEEBMO, Hospital de Santo Espirito da ilha Terceira, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal; Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Genetics & Arthritis Research Group (GARG), IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors: Jácome
authors: J
authors: Bruges-Armas
mesh_terms: D001394:Azores; D005006:Ethnicity; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011174:Portugal; D054340:Receptors, KIR / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D054340:Receptors, KIR
keywords: Azores; KIR genes; Portugal