Article
GUTI: a new antigen in the Cromer blood group system.
Transfusion - 1 Mar 2003
Storry Jill R, Sausais Laima, Hue-Roye Kim, Mudiwa Flora, Ferrer Zennie, Blajchman Morris A, Lublin Douglas M, Ma Bei-Wen, Miquel Juan F, Nervi Flavio, Pereira Jaime, Reid Marion E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Cromer blood group system consists of seven high-incidence and three low-incidence antigens carried on decay-accelerating factor (DAF). This report describes the identification and characterization of a new Cromer high-incidence antigen, named GUTI. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: RT-PCR and sequence analysis were performed on cDNA prepared from a Chilean donor whose serum contained the alloantibody...
Topics
- Adult
- Blood Group Antigens
- CD55 Antigens
- Chile
- DNA, Complementary
- Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
- Erythrocyte Membrane
- Gene Deletion
- Humans
- Isoantibodies
- Isoantigens
- Male
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length