Molecular basis of weak D phenotypes

Blood

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 385-393

  Wagner, Franz F ^b   Gassner, Christoph ^b   Müller, Thomas H ^b   Schönitzer, Diether ^b   Schunter, Friedrich ^b   Flegel, Willy A ^b   Flegel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032932817     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v93.1.385.401k19_385_393     Document Type: Article

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