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Human erythrocyte glycophorins: protein and gene structure analyses.
Transfusion medicine reviews - 1 Apr 1992
Cartron J P, Rahuel C
Abstract excerpt
Human RBCs glycophorins are integral membrane proteins rich in sialic acids that carry blood group antigenic determinants and serve as ligands for viruses, bacteria, and parasites. These molecules have long been used as a general model of membrane proteins and as markers to study normal and pathological differentiation of the erythroid tissue. The RBC glycophorins known as GPA, GPB, GPC, GPD, and GPE have...
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