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Review: molecular basis of MNS blood group variants.
Immunohematology - 1 Jan 2006
Palacajornsuk P
Abstract excerpt
The MNS blood group antigens are expressed in the RBC membrane on glycophorin A (GPA), glycophorin B (GPB), or combinations of both. GPA expresses the M or N antigen, whereas GPB expresses the S or s antigen and the N antigen ('N'). Both glycophorin genes (GYPA and GYPB) are located on the long arm of chromosome 4 and share 95 percent sequence identity. This high degree of sequence identity, together with the...
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