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Genetic conservation of the GIL blood group determining aquaporin 3 gene in African and Caucasian populations.
Transfusion - 1 Jun 2008
Bahamontes-Rosa Noemí, Tena-Tomás Cristina, Wolkow Jana, Kremsner Peter G, Kun Jürgen F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The human GIL blood group is encoded by the aquaporin 3 (AQP3), a water-glycerol channel present in human red cell (RBC) membranes. So far no molecular investigation of this gene has been performed in an African population. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: To analyze the genetic variability of the AQP3 gene in African and European persons, all exons including the boundaries to introns and the promoter region...
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