The genetic basis of a new partial D antigen: DDBT

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 720-727

  Beckers, E A M ^a   Faas, B H W ^a,b   Simsek, S ^a,b   Overbeeke, M A M ^a,b   Van Rhenen, D J ^a,c   Wallace, M ^d   Von Dem Borne, A E G Kr ^a,b,e   Van Der Schoot, C E ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

D epitopes; DBT; Partial D antigen; Rh blood group system; Rh genetics

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RHO(D) IMMUNE GLOBULIN;

EID: 0029938326     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1710.x     Document Type: Article

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