The RHCE allele ceRT: D epitope 6 expression does not require D-specific amino acids

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1248-1254

  Wagner, Franz F ^b   Ladewig, Birgit ^b   Flegel, Willy A ^a  

^a Inst fur Klin Transfusmed/I U   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COLD AGGLUTININ; EPITOPE; GENOMIC DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHCE GENE; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0042334906     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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