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Large deletions involving the regulatory upstream regions of A4GALT give rise to principally novel P1PK-null alleles.
Transfusion - 1 Jul 2014
Westman Julia S, Hellberg Asa, Peyrard Thierry, Thuresson Britt, Olsson Martin L
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BACKGROUND: Cells of the clinically important p histo-blood group phenotype lack P1, P(k) , and P glycosphingolipid antigens. All cases investigated so far are due to alterations in the 4-α-galactosyltransferase-encoding Exon 3 of A4GALT. Repetitive elements in the genome can mediate DNA rearrangements, the most abundant being the Alu family of repeats. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The aim of this study was to...
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