Molecular basis of blood group expression

Transfusion and Apheresis Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-63

  Denomme, Gregory A ^a  

^a BLOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood groups; Molecular immunohematology; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE; AMINO ACID; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR RNA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYBRID GENE; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; DOMINANT GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCT; GENOTYPE; INDEL MUTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; STOP CODON; WILD TYPE;

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXONS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 79951673155     PISSN: 14730502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2010.12.010     Document Type: Review

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