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D variants at the RhD vestibule in the weak D type 4 and Eurasian D clusters.
Transfusion - 1 Jun 2009
Flegel Willy A, von Zabern Inge, Doescher Andrea, Wagner Franz F, Strathmann Klaus P, Geisen Christof, Palfi Miodrag, Písacka Martin, Poole Joyce, Polin Helene, Gabriel Christian, Avent Neil D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: One branch of the RHD phylogenetic tree is represented by the weak D type 4 cluster of alleles with F223V as the primordial amino acid substitution. F223V as well as a large number of further substitutions causing D variants are located at the extracellular RhD protein vestibule, which represents the entrance to the transmembraneous channel of the RhD protein. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: RHD and RHCE...
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