Heterogeneity of the human H blood group α(1,2) fucosyltransferase gene among para-Bombay individuals

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-40

  Yu, Lung Chih ^a   Yang, Yun Hsin ^a   Broadberry, Richard E ^a   Chen, Yee Hsiung ^b,c   Lin, Marie ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GROUP; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031025282     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1997.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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