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Expression of the histo-blood group B gene predominates in AB-genotype cells.
Transfusion - 1 Nov 2006
Twu Yuh-Ching, Hsieh Chuang-Yi, Yu Lung-Chih
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been demonstrated that the 43-bp minisatellite sequence in the 5' region of the ABO gene plays an important role in its transcriptional regulation. It was determined in previous investigations that the structure of the minisatellite enhancer was specific to A, B, and O alleles. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection and a PCR-restriction fragment length...
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