Genetic heterogeneity at the glycosyltransferase loci underlying the GLOB blood group and collection

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 528-536

  Hellberg, A ^a   Ringressi, A ^b   Yahalom, V ^c   Safwenberg J ^d   Reid, M E ^e   Olsson, M L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^c MAGEN DAVID ADOM   (Israel)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele; Blood group; Erythrocyte; Glycosyltransferase; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

3 BETA N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; 4 ALPHA GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; ALLOANTIGEN; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP P SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; P BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 3142683273     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.04930.x     Document Type: Article

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