Characterization of the recombination hot spot involved in the genomic rearrangement leading to the hybrid D-CE-D gene in the D(VI) phenotype

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 808-817

  Matassi, Giorgio ^a   Chérif Zahar, Baya ^a   Mouro, Isabelle ^a   Cartron, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTRON; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030959563     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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