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Blood group A glycosyltransferase occurring as alleles with high sequence difference is transiently induced during a Nippostrongylus brasiliensis parasite infection.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Apr 2002
Olson Fredrik J, Johansson Malin E V, Klinga-Levan Karin, Bouhours Danièle, Enerbäck Lennart, Hansson Gunnar C, Karlsson Niclas G
Abstract excerpt
Neutral mucin oligosaccharides from the small intestine of control rats and rats infected with the parasite Nippostrongylus brasiliensis were released and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Infected animals expressed seven blood group A-like structures that were all absent in the control animals. The blood group A nature of these epitopes was confirmed by blood group A reactivity of the prepared...
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