The MNS blood group antigens, Vr (MNS12) and Mta (MNS14), each arise from an amino acid substitution on glycophorin A

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-56

  Storry, Jill R ^a   Coghlan, Gail ^b   Poole, Joyce ^c   Figueroa, Dolores ^d   Reid, Marion E ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d Immucor Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP MT ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP VR ANTIGEN; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOPHORIN A; ISOLEUCINE; RNA; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP MNSS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NETHERLANDS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034099085     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2000.7810052.x     Document Type: Article

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