Evidence for a new type of O allele at the ABO locus, due to a combination of the A2 nucleotide deletion and the A(el) nucleotide insertion

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-117

  Olsson, Martin L ^a   Chester, M Alan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALIVA; SCREENING;

EID: 0029821023     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1996.7120113.x     Document Type: Article

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