Point mutations and deletion responsible for the Bombay H null and the reunion H weak blood groups

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-46

  Fernandez Mateos, Pilar ^a   Cailleau, Anne ^a   Henry, Stephen ^b   Costache, Marieta ^a   Elmgren, Anders ^c   Svensson, Lola ^c   Larson, Göran ^c   Samuelsson, Bo E ^c   Oriol, Rafael ^a   Mollicone, Rosella ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; COS CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REUNION; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031661279     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030956     Document Type: Article

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