Molecular analysis of secretor type α(1,2)-fucosyltransferase gene mutations in the Chinese and Thai populations

Transfusion

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1013-1017

  Chang, Jan Gowth ^a   Yang, T Y ^b   Liu, T C ^b   Lin, T P ^b   Hu, C J ^b   Kao, M C ^b   Wang, N M ^b   Tsai, F J ^b   Peng, C T ^b   Tsai, C H ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND;

CHINA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; POINT MUTATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; THAILAND;

EID: 0032842164     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1999.39091013.x     Document Type: Article

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