Molecular analysis of inactive and active RHD alleles in native Congolese cohorts

Transfusion

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1353-1360

  Chiaroni, Jacques ^a   Touinssi, Mhammed ^b   Chapel Fernandes, Sylvie ^b   Granier, Thomas ^b   Bokilo, Amelia ^b   Bailly, Pascal ^b  

^a ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONGO; DAU GENE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRID GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOGENE; RHD GENE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; CONGO; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 67649967257     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02161.x     Document Type: Article

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