Microsatellite variation within the human RHCE gene

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-163

  Kemp, Tim J ^a,b   Poulter, Mark ^a   Carritt, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RH; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; ALLELES; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FAMILY HEALTH; GLYCOPROTEINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTRONS; JAPAN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032742312     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000031096     Document Type: Article

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