Molecular mechanisms of Lewis antigen expression

Legal Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 266-269

  Soejima, Mikiko ^a   Koda, Yoshiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

FUT2; Lewis; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 20444500180     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2004.12.003     Document Type: Review

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