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Two new alleles of the RHCE gene in Black individuals: the RHce allele ceMO and the RHcE allele cEMI.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jun 2001
Noizat-Pirenne F, Mouro I, Le Pennec P Y, Ansart-Pirenne H, Juszczak G, Patereau C, Verdier M, Babinet J, Roussel M, Rouger P, Cartron J P
Abstract excerpt
Six unrelated individuals of Afro-Caribbean origin, whose red cells have a marked reduction of the Rhe antigen expression, have been identified. All exhibited the same serological profile with anti-e monoclonal antibodies and lacked expression of the high frequency e-related antigen hrS. Transcripts and genomic analysis showed that these phenotypes resulted from the presence of two new RHCE alleles, ceMO and...
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