Two previously proposed P1/P2-differentiating and nine novel polymorphisms at the A4GALT (Pk) locus do not correlate with the presence of the P1 blood group antigen

BMC Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hellberg, Åsa ^a,b   Chester, M Alan ^a,b   Olsson, Martin L ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; CYTOSINE; GLYCINE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN A4GALT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GALACTOPYRANOSYL 1 4 PARAGLOBOSIDE; GALACTOPYRANOSYL-1-4-PARAGLOBOSIDE; GLOBOSIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXON; GENBANK; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN; BLOOD GROUP P SYSTEM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GLOBOSIDES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; P BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 27644594291     PISSN: 14712156     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-6-49     Document Type: Article

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