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Molecular genetic basis of the histo-blood group ABO system.
Nature - 17 May 1990
Yamamoto F, Clausen H, White T, Marken J, Hakomori S
Abstract excerpt
The histo-blood group ABO, the major human alloantigen system, involves three carbohydrate antigens (ABH). A, B and AB individuals express glycosyltransferase activities converting the H antigen into A or B antigens, whereas O(H) individuals lack such activity. Here we present a molecular basis for the ABO genotypes. The A and B genes differ in a few single-base substitutions, changing four amino-acid residues...
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