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AQP3 deficiency in humans and the molecular basis of a novel blood group system, GIL.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 29 Nov 2002
Roudier Nathalie, Ripoche Pierre, Gane Pierre, Le Pennec Pierre Yves, Daniels Geoff, Cartron Jean-Pierre, Bailly Pascal
Abstract excerpt
AQP3 is a water and glycerol channel present on human erythrocytes and in various tissues. By protein and molecular biology analysis, two unrelated probands who developed alloantibodies to the high frequency antigen GIL were found to be AQP3-deficient. The defect is caused by homozygous mutation affecting the 5' donor splice site of intron 5 of the AQP3 gene. This mutation causes the skipping of exon 5 and...
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