[cocktail] Kir is a popular French cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped up with white wine. In France it is usually drunk as an apéritif before a meal or snack. Originally the wine used was Bourgogne Aligoté, a lesser white wine of Burgundy. Nowadays, various white wines are used throughout France... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kir_(cocktail)
[river] The Kir (Kir or Kiri) is a river in northern Albania that first flows south-southwest and then southwest out of the North Albanian Alps and enters a distributary of the Drin just below Shkodër. In the upper reaches the river cuts the `Canyon of the Kir` with dramatic cliffs. Just outside Shkodër, in Mes, the old stone Mes Bridge c... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kir_(river)
(= killer cell inhibitory receptor; killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor) Set of receptors on killer cells. Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors are distinct from the CD94/NKG2 KIR (CD94 and NKG2 are C-type lectins) that is HLA-E specific. KIR3D binds to HLA-B, KIR2D to HLA-C. Together these receptors confer tolerance to self by an active signalling in the killer cell.
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