Article
Molecular genetic analysis of variant phenotypes of the ABO blood group system.
Blood - 1 Oct 1996
Ogasawara K, Yabe R, Uchikawa M, Saitou N, Bannai M, Nakata K, Takenaka M, Fujisawa K, Ishikawa Y, Juji T, Tokunaga K
Abstract excerpt
ABO is clinically the most important blood group system in transfusion medicine and includes many variant phenotypes. To understand the molecular genetic basis of this polymorphic system, we have analyzed genomic DNAs obtained from Japanese individuals possessing variant ABO phenotypes including...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Alleles
- Female
- Galactosyltransferases
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferases
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Phylogeny