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Identification of the Kna/Knb polymorphism and a method for Knops genotyping.
Transfusion - 1 Feb 2004
Moulds J M, Thomas B J, Doumbo O, Diallo D A, Lyke K E, Plowe C V, Rowe J A, Birmingham D J
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BACKGROUND: DNA mutations resulting in the McCoy and Swain-Langley polymorphisms have been identified on complement receptor 1 (CR1)-a ligand for rosetting of Plasmodium falciparum-infected RBCs. The molecular identification of the Kna/Knb polymorphism was sought to develop a genotyping method for use in the study of the Knops blood group and malaria. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: CR1 deletion constructs were used in...
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