Review: Biochemistry of carbohydrate blood group antigens

Immunohematology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 33-42

  Gilliver, Lissa G ^a,b   Henry, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a Kiwi Ingenuity Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; MONOSACCHARIDE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0037608952     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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