IPD-KIR

Release 2.4.0, 15 April 2011

The database provides a centralised repository for human KIR sequences. Killer-cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) have been shown to be highly polymorphic at the allelic and haplotypic level. KIRs are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) formerly called Killer-cell Inhibitory Receptors. They are composed of two or three Ig-domains, a transmembrane region and cytoplasmic tail which can in turn be short (activatory) or long (inhibitory). The Leukocyte Receptor Complex (LRC) which encodes KIR genes has been shown to be polymorphic, polygenic and complex like the MHC.

This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant P01-CA-111412.

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Development of the KIR Database has been undertaken by the following individuals and funded by an NIH P01 grant, P01CA111412.

Anthony Nolan Research Institute
  • James Robinson
  • Jason Halliwell
  • Steven GE Marsh
 European Bioinformatics Institute
  • Rodigo Lopez
  • Hamish McWilliam
Stanford University Medical School
  • Libby Guethlein
  • Peter Parham
 University of Minnesota
  • Jeff Miller
  • Sarah Cooley

IPD-KIR