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ABCG2 null alleles define the Jr(a-) blood group phenotype.
Nature genetics - 15 Jan 2012
Zelinski Teresa, Coghlan Gail, Liu Xiao-Qing, Reid Marion E
Abstract excerpt
The high-incidence erythrocyte blood group antigen Jr(a) has been known in transfusion medicine for over 40 years. To identify the gene encoding Jr(a), we performed SNP analysis of genomic DNA from six Jr(a-) individuals. All individuals shared a homozygous region of 397,000 bp at chromosome 4q22.1 that contained the gene ABCG2, and DNA sequence analysis showed that ABCG2 null alleles define the Jr(a-) phenotype.
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