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P1PK, GLOB, and FORS blood group systems and GLOB collection: biochemical and clinical aspects. Do we understand it all yet?
Transfusion medicine reviews - 1 Jul 2014
Kaczmarek Radoslaw, Buczkowska Anna, Mikołajewicz Katarzyna, Krotkiewski Hubert, Czerwinski Marcin
Abstract excerpt
Antigens belonging to the P1PK, GLOB, and FORS blood group systems and the GLOB blood group collection represent a closely related set of 13 glycosphingolipids (GSLs). They are synthesized by the coordinated action of glycosyltransferases, encoded by at least 7 different loci. Three of these enzymes show either different activity or a different mRNA expression profile due to genetic polymorphisms, resulting in...
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