The structural basis of blood group A-related glycolipids in an A 3 red cell phenotype and a potential explanation to a serological phenomenon

Glycobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-174

  Svensson, Lola ^a   Bindila, Laura ^b,c   Ångstrm, Jonas ^e   Samuelsson, Bo E ^a   Breimer, Michael E ^d   Rydberg, Lennart ^a   Henry, Stephen M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Centre de Recherche Public   (Luxembourg)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blood group A; Glycolipid; Immunochemistry; Mass spectrometry; Para Forssman

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; FORSSMAN ANTIGEN; GLYCOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ERYTHROCYTES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; SEROLOGY;

EID: 79951993669     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq143     Document Type: Article

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