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Molecular basis of Lewis blood type in Taiwanese.
The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences - 1 Nov 2000
Liu T C, Lin S F, Yang T Y, Perng L I, Jaung S J, Hu C Z, Chang J G
Abstract excerpt
The Lewis (Le) histo-blood group system comprises two major antigens, Le(a) and Le(b) which are determined by alpha (1,2)-fucosyltransferase (FUT2) and alpha (1,3/1,4)-fucosyltransferase (FUT3). In this study, we analyzed the mutations of FUT2 and FUT3 genes in 101 Taiwanese by molecular biology method and compared them with their serologic phenotypes to explore their relationship. There is at least one wild...
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