Molecular genetic analysis of the Am phenotype of the ABO blood group system

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-267

  Asamura, Hideki ^a   Ota, M ^a   Takayanagi, K ^a   Saito, S ^a   Tsukada, K ^a   Fukushima, H ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABO Blood Group System; AccI; Am

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ABO GENE; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0037715073     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2002.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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