ABO blood group and related antigens, natural antibodies and transplantation

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 459-466

  Milland, J ^a   Sandrin, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ABO blood group; Carbohydrate; Glycosyltransferases; Natural antibodies; Transplantation; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN; GALACTOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CARBOHYDRATES; EPITOPES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33845528765     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2006.00721.x     Document Type: Review

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