Identification of a new plasma α(1,3) fucosyltransferase (FUT6) allele requires an extended genotyping strategy

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 233-241

  Larson, Göran ^a   Börjeson, Cecilia ^a   Elmgren, Anders ^a   Kernholt, Annika ^a   Henry, Steve ^a   Fletcher, Anne ^b   Aziz, Auda ^c   Mollicone, Rosella ^d   Oriol, Rafael ^d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b New South Wales Red Cross Blood Bank   (Australia)

^c Indonesian Red Cross Society   (Indonesia)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0029859548     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1996.7140233.x     Document Type: Article

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