Heterogeneity of blood group RhE variants revealed by serological analysis and molecular alteration of the RHCE gene and transcript

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 429-436

  Noizat Pirenne, France ^a   Mouro, Isabelle ^b   Gane, Pierre ^a   Okubo, Yasuto ^c   Hori, Yasuto ^c   Rouger, Philippe ^a   Le Pennec, Pierre Yves ^a   Cartron, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood groups; E epitopes; RhE variants; Transcripts

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP E ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPITOPES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031755001     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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