Molecular characterization of weak D phenotypes by site-directed mutagenesis and expression of mutant Rh-green fluorescence protein fusions in K562 cells

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 254-258

  Kamesaki, Toyomi ^a   Iwamoto, S ^a   Kumada, M ^a   Omi, T ^a   Okuda, H ^a   Tanaka, M ^b   Takahashi, J ^b   Obara, K ^c   Seno, T ^d   Tani, Y ^b   Kajii, E ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Iwate Blood Center   (Japan)

^d Murakami Reference Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

D epitopes; K562 cell; Site directed mutagenesis; Weak D

Indexed keywords

DNA; EPITOPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RHESUS D ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRAIN K 562; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0035522352     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2001.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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