KIR
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KIR, Kir or kir may refer to:
- KiribatiKiribatiKiribati , officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The permanent population exceeds just over 100,000 , and is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, straddling the...
, officially known as the Republic of Kiribati - Kyrgyz languageKyrgyz languageKyrgyz or Kirgiz, also Kirghiz, Kyrghiz, Qyrghiz is a Turkic language and, together with Russian, an official language of Kyrgyzstan...
- Al KarakAl KarakKarak is a city in Jordan that is known for the famous crusader castle Kerak. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria...
, biblical town of Kir - Kir of MoabKir of MoabKir of Moab . The two strongholds of Moab were Ar and Kir, which latter is probably the Kir-haraseth following.Kir - a wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus . Isaiah mentions it along with Elam...
, biblical stronghold - IATA code for Kerry AirportKerry Airport-Ground transportation:Kerry Airport is approximately from both Cork and Limerick. Iarnród Éireann's Farranfore railway station is located to the south with services to Killarney, Tralee, Cork and Dublin....
in Ireland - Kir (cocktail), alcoholic beverage
- Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptorKiller-cell immunoglobulin-like receptorKiller-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors , are a family of cell surface proteins found on important cells of the immune system called natural killer cells. They regulate the killing function of these cells by interacting with MHC class I molecules, which are expressed on all cell types...
, a class of receptors on the surface of natural killer cells - Kir BulychevKir BulychevKir Bulychev or Bulychov was a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mojeiko , who was a Soviet and Russian science fiction writer and historian. He received a Master's degree in 1965 and a Ph.D. in 1981 and wrote his first science fiction story in 1965...
, Russian science fiction writer and historian - Kir, a fictional character in the series Case ClosedCase ClosedCase Closed, known as in Japan, is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. The series is serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday since February 2, 1994, and has been collected in 73 tankōbon volumes as of September 2011...
- KirInward-rectifier potassium ion channelInwardly rectifying potassium channels are a specific subset of potassium selective ion channels. To date, seven subfamilies have been identified in various mammalian cell types...
, inwardly-rectifying potassium channels