A newly identified nonsecretor allele of the human histo-blood group α(1,2)fucosyltransferase gene (FUT2)

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-119

  Yu, Lung Chih ^a   Lee, Hui Lin ^a   Chu, Chen Chung ^a   Broadberry, Richard E ^a   Lin, Marie ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLONING; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032971968     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000031030     Document Type: Article

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