Weak blood group B phenotypes may be caused by variations in the CCAAT-binding factor/NF-Y enhancer region of the ABO gene

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2330-2335

  Seltsam, Axel ^b   Wagner, Franz F ^b   Grüger, Daniela ^b   Gupta, Christa D ^b   Bade Doeding, Christina ^b   Blasczyk, Rainer ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR Y;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP B; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALLELES; CCAAT-BINDING FACTOR; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 36349021311     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01475.x     Document Type: Article

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