Two missense mutations of H type α(1,2)fucosyltransferase gene (FUT1) responsible for para-Bombay phenotype

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-35

  Wang, Baojie ^a   Koda, Yoshiro ^a   Soejima, Mikiko ^a   Kimura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; ENDONUCLEASE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALIVA;

EID: 0031017961     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1997.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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