Involvement of Ser103 of the Rh polypeptides in G epitope formation

Transfusion

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 506-511

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^c New S Wales Red Cross Blood T ^*  (Australia)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RHESUS ANTIGEN; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ALLOIMMUNITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 0030017665     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1996.36696269508.x     Document Type: Article

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