The polymorphism of the Knops blood group system among five Chinese ethnic groups

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 369-375

  Li, Qin ^a   Han, Sha Sha ^a   Guo, Zhong Hui ^a   Yang, Ying ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a   Zhu, Zi Yan ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese ethnic groups; CR1 gene; Knops blood group system; PCR

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B RECEPTOR; CR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3B;

EID: 79952278706     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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