Molecular analysis of Rh transcripts and polypeptides from individuals expressing the D(VI) variant phenotype: An RHD gene deletion event does not generate all D(VI)ccEe phenotypes

Blood

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1779-1786

  Avent, Neil D ^a   Liu, Wendy ^b   Jones, Jeff W ^b   Scott, Marion L ^b   Voak, Douglas ^b   Pisacka, Martin ^b   Watt, Julie ^b   Fletcher, Anne ^b  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY;

EID: 0031034596     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v89.5.1779     Document Type: Article

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