A new blood group system, RHAG: Three antigens resulting from amino acid substitutions in the Rh-associated glycoprotein

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-159

  Tilley, L ^a   Green, C ^a   Poole, J ^a   Gaskell, A ^a   Ridgwell, K ^a   Burton, N M ^b   Uchikawa, M ^c   Tsuneyama, H ^c   Ogasawara, K ^c   Akkok C A ^d   Daniels, G ^a  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Tokyo Red Cross Blood Center   (Japan)

^d Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood groups; Molecular genetics; Protein modelling; Rh; Rh associated glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; CYSTEINE; DUCLOS ANTIGEN; DUCLOS LIKE ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; GLYCOPROTEIN; LYSINE; OL ANTIGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RH ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; RHAG PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHAG SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTANT; NORWAY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 74549187471     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01243.x     Document Type: Article

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