Site-directed mutagenesis of the human D antigen: Definition of D epitopes on the sixth external domain of the D protein expressed on K562 cells

Transfusion

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-25

  Liu, Wendy ^d   Smythe, Jonathan S ^d   Scott, Marion L ^d   Jones, Jeffrey W ^a   Voak, Douglas ^b   Avent, Neil D ^c  

^a Mersey and N Wales Blood T   (United Kingdom)

^b East Anglian Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PUROMYCIN; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0002628745     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1999.39199116890.x     Document Type: Article

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