Structure, function and significance of Rh proteins in red cells

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 625-630

  Burton, Nicholas M ^a   Anstee, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Band 3 macrocomplex; Carbon dioxide; CE polypeptide; D polypeptide; Gas metabolon; Haemolytic disease of the fetus and the newborn; Nitric oxide; Oxygen; Rh associated glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AQUAPORIN 1; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; RHESUS AG ANTIGEN; RHESUS ANTIGEN; RHESUS CE ANTIGEN; RHESUS D ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PREGNANCY; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 55149125101     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e328311f422     Document Type: Review

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