Characterization of the ABO blood group genes in macaques: Evidence for convergent evolution

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 321-326

  Doxiadis, G G M ^a   Otting, N ^a   Antunes, S G M ^a   De Groot, N G ^a   Harvey, M ^b   Doxiadis, I I N ^b   Jonker, M ^a   Bontrop, R E ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative immunology; Evolution; Glycosyltransferase; Histo blood group; Primates; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; MACACA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMO; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031968395     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1998.tb02970.x     Document Type: Article

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