Novel alleles at the JK blood group locus explain the absence of the erythrocyte urea transporter in European families

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 445-453

  Irshaid, Nidal M ^a   Eicher, Nicole I ^b   Hustinx, Hein ^b   Poole, Joyce ^c   Olsson, Martin L ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Blood Transfusion Service SRC   (Sweden)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allele; Blood group; Genotype; JK; Null phenotype

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE; UREA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BLOOD GROUP KIDD SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; EUROPE; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETICULOCYTE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SILENT GENE; START CODON; STOP CODON; SWITZERLAND; TRANSFUSION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CODON, NONSENSE; ENGLAND; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; JORDAN; KIDD BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING ABILITY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036174928     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03238.x     Document Type: Article

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