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Kell, Kx and the McLeod syndrome.
Bailliere's best practice & research. Clinical haematology - 1 Dec 1999
Redman C M, Russo D, Lee S
Abstract excerpt
The antigens of the Kell blood group system are carried on a 93 kDa type II glycoprotein encoded by a single gene on chromosome 7 at 7q33. XK is a 50.9 kDa protein that traverses the membrane ten times and derives from a single gene on the X chromosome at Xp21. A single disulphide bond, Kell Cys 72-XK Cys 347, links Kell to XK. The Kell component of the Kell/XK complex is important in transfusion medicine since...
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