Human polymorphism of P-selectin glycoprotein ligand 1 attributable to variable numbers of tandem decameric repeats in the mucinlike region

Blood

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3306-3307

  Afshar Kharghan, Vahid ^a,b   Diz Küçükkaya, Reyhan ^a,b   Ludwig, Erwin H ^a,b   Marian, Ali J ^a,b   López, José A ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN IB; LIGAND; MUCIN; P SELECTIN GLYCOPROTEIN LIGAND 1; PADGEM PROTEIN;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0035874548     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V97.10.3306     Document Type: Article

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