A Novel System of Polymorphic and Diverse NK Cell Receptors in Primates

Anne Averdam; Beatrix Petersen; Cornelia Rosner; Jennifer Neff; Christian Roos; Manfred Eberle; Fabienne Aujard; Claudia Münch; Werner Schempp; Mary Carrington; Takashi Shiina; Hidetoshi Inoko; Florian Knaust; Penny Coggill; Harminder Sehra; Stephan Beck; Laurent Abi-Rached; Richard Reinhardt; Lutz Walter

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000688

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A Novel System of Polymorphic and Diverse NK Cell Receptors in Primates

Anne Averdam ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Anne Averdam, Beatrix Petersen

Affiliation Department of Primate Genetics, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany
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Beatrix Petersen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Anne Averdam, Beatrix Petersen

Affiliation Department of Primate Genetics, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany
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Cornelia Rosner,

Affiliation Department of Primate Genetics, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany
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Jennifer Neff,

Affiliation Department of Primate Genetics, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany
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Christian Roos,

Affiliations Department of Primate Genetics, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany, Gene Bank of Primates, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany
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Manfred Eberle,

Affiliation Department of Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany
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Fabienne Aujard,

Affiliation Adaptive Mechanisms and Evolution, UMR CNRS/MNHN 7179, Brunoy, France
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Claudia Münch,

Affiliation Institute for Human Genetics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Werner Schempp,

Affiliation Institute for Human Genetics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Mary Carrington,

Affiliation Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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Takashi Shiina,

Affiliation Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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Hidetoshi Inoko,

Affiliation Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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Florian Knaust,

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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Penny Coggill,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom
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Harminder Sehra,

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom
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Stephan Beck,

Affiliation University College London Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Laurent Abi-Rached,

Affiliation Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Richard Reinhardt,

Affiliation Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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Lutz Walter

* E-mail: lwalter@gwdg.de

Affiliations Department of Primate Genetics, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany, Gene Bank of Primates, German Primate Centre, Göttingen, Germany
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A Novel System of Polymorphic and Diverse NK Cell Receptors in Primates

Anne Averdam,
Beatrix Petersen,
Cornelia Rosner,
Jennifer Neff,
Christian Roos,
Manfred Eberle,
Fabienne Aujard,
Claudia Münch,
Werner Schempp,
Mary Carrington

Published: October 16, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000688

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