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New genotypes in Fy(a-b-) individuals: nonsense mutations (Trp to stop) in the coding sequence of either FY A or FY B.
British journal of haematology - 1 Feb 2000
Rios M, Chaudhuri A, Mallinson G, Sausais L, Gomensoro-Garcia A E, Hannon J, Rosenberger S, Poole J, Burgess G, Pogo O, Reid M
Abstract excerpt
Duffy blood group antigens are carried on a glycoprotein that is predicted to pass through the erythrocyte membrane seven times and is a promiscuous chemokine receptor. The Fy(a- b-) phenotype is present in two-thirds of African-American Blacks but is rare in Caucasians. In Blacks, the phenotype is due to a non-functional GATA-1 motif in the FY B, which silences the gene in erythrocytes but not in other tissues,...
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