Figure 4. Gene order of two fully sequenced KIR haplotypes.

Figure 4Gene order of two fully sequenced KIR haplotypes

The order of the KIR genes along the chromosome has been determined for two distinct haplotypes (27, 46, 63). The genes are organized in a head-to-tail fashion, and each gene is roughly 10–16 kb in length with a sequence of about 2 kb separating each pair of genes, except for a 14 kb stretch of unique sequence upstream of 2DL4 .

From: The KIR Gene Cluster

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The KIR Gene Cluster [Internet].
Carrington M, Norman P.
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