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A Novel Ael allele derived from a unique 816insG in Exon 7 of the ABO gene.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Nov 2007
Liu Hsueng-Mei, Chen Ying-Ju, Chen Pei-Shan, Lyou Jau-Yi, Hu Hui-Yu, Ho Yung-Tai, Lin Jeong-Shi, Tzeng Cheng-Hwai
Abstract excerpt
The ABO blood group system is the most important blood group system in transfusion medicine. In addition to the major A, B and O alleles, many rare alleles with weak expression of the A or B antigens on RBCs have been defined. We report here the molecular analysis of a novel A(el) allele. Exons 6 and 7 of the ABO gene were PCR-amplified, cloned and sequenced for the propositus, Mr C, who is a 56-year-old...
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