Molecular biology of Rh proteins and relevance to molecular medicine

Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Avent, Neil D ^a   Madget, Tracey E ^a   Lee, Zoe E ^a   Head, David J ^a   Maddocks, Deborah G ^a   Skinner, Lucy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANKYRIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CD47 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPHORIN B; GLYCOPROTEIN; RHESUS ANTIGEN; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745039724     PISSN: 14623994     EISSN: 14623994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1462399406010969     Document Type: Article

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