Nondeletional ABO*O alleles express weak blood group A phenotypes

Transfusion

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-365

  Seltsam, Axel ^b   Das Gupta, Christa ^b   Wagner, Franz F ^b   Blasczyk, Rainer ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN;

ADSORPTION; ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP O; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HELA CELLS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 15244350749     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.04228.x     Document Type: Article

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