Evolution of the O alleles of the human ABO blood group gene

Transfusion

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 707-715

  Roubinet, Francis ^b   Despiau, Stéphanie ^b   Calafell, Francesc ^b   Jin, Fen ^b   Bertanpetit, Jaume ^b   Saitou, Naruya ^b   Blancher, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABO BLOOD GROUP GENE; AFRICA; ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP B101 GENE; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD GROUP O01 GENE; BLOOD GROUP O02 GENE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINANT GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 2342667371     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2004.03346.x     Document Type: Article

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