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Molecular characterization of the human ABO blood group orthologus system in pigs.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2011
Nguyen D T, Choi H, Jo H, Kim J-H, Dirisala V R, Lee K-T, Kim T-H, Park K-K, Seo K, Park C
Abstract excerpt
The selection and use of animals with blood group 0 in the process of transplanting pig organs or tissues into humans can positively contribute to the control of acute immune rejection due to differences in blood groups. Exon-specific PCRs for the porcine blood group A transferase gene against genomic DNA from either blood group A or 0 animals resulted in the amplification failure of the A0 blood group gene exon...
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