Molecular analyses of GYPB in African Brazilians

Immunohematology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 148-153

  Omoto, Ricardo ^a   Reid, Marion E ^b   Castilho, Lilian ^c  

^a HOSPITAL SÃO RAFAEL   (Brazil)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

African Brazilians; Blood group genotyping; GYPB(NY); GYPB(P2); GYPB*S silent gene; MNS blood group system; S s Phenotype

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPHORIN B;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMIZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SILENT GENE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BRAZIL; ERYTHROCYTES; EXONS; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS, POPULATION; GLYCOPHORIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 62849100253     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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