The cis-AB Blood Group Phenotype: Fundamental Lessons in Glycobiology

Transfusion Medicine Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-217

  Yazer, Mark H ^a,b,c   Olsson, Martin L ^a,b,c   Palcic, Monica M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Carlsberg University   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BIRTH; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CELL FUNCTION; ENZYME KINETICS; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLYCOBIOLOGY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MOTHER; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; REVIEW;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33745243720     PISSN: 08877963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2006.03.002     Document Type: Review

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