Molecular basis for secretor type α(1,2)-fucosyltransferase gene deficiency in a Japanese population: A fusion gene generated by unequal crossover responsible for the enzyme deficiency

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 343-350

  Koda, Yoshiro ^a   Soejima, Mikiko ^a   Liu, Yuhua ^a   Kimura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ABH ANTIGEN; DNA; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL LINE; CROSSING OVER; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOGENES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0029816015     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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