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Lutheran.
Immunohematology - 1 Jan 2009
Daniels G
Abstract excerpt
The Lutheran blood group system consists of 19 antigens: four pairs of antithetical antigens--Lu(a)/Lu(b), Lu6/Lu9, Lu8/Lu14, and Au(a)/Au(b)--and 11 antigens of very high frequency. These antigens are located on four of the five immunoglobulin-like domains of both isoforms of the Lutheran glycoprotein. The LU gene is on chromosome 19 and comprises 15 exons. The two glycoprotein isoforms differ in the length of...
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