Relative frequencies of the two O alleles of the histo-blood ABH system in different racial groups.

doi:10.1111/j.1423-0410.1995.tb00347.x

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Relative frequencies of the two O alleles of the histo-blood ABH system in different racial groups.

Vox sanguinis - 1 Jan 1995

Franco R F, Simões B P, Zago M A

Abstract excerpt

O blood group results from the absence of glycosyltransferase activity, which is due most commonly to a single nucleotide deletion in the glycosyltransferase gene. A second type of O allele resulting from three nucleotide substitutions in the glycosyltransferase gene had its frequency recently de...

Topics

ABO Blood-Group System
Alleles
Base Sequence
Black People
Gene Deletion
Gene Frequency
Glycosyltransferases
Humans
Indians, South American
Molecular Sequence Data
White People

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