MNS blood group system: A review

Immunohematology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 95-101

  Reid, Marion E ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood group; Genes; Glycophorin; Hybrid glycophorins; MNS; Molecular basis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLYCOPHORIN A; GLYCOPHORIN B;

ALLELE; BLOOD GROUP MNSS SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCOSYLATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; GLYCOPHORIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOANTIBODIES; MNSS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 77649154817     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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