DNA sequencing and screening for point mutations in the human Lewis (FUT3) gene enables molecular genotyping of the human Lewis blood group system

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-103

  Elmgren, Anders ^a   Börjeson, Cecilia ^a   Svensson, Lola ^a   Rydberg, Lennart ^a   Larson, Göran ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORMAL HUMAN; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

EID: 0030049607     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1996.tb01300.x     Document Type: Article

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