Human D(IIIa) erythrocytes: RhD protein is associated with multiple dispersed amino acid variations.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199707)55:3<139::aid-ajh4>3.0.co;2-t

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Human D(IIIa) erythrocytes: RhD protein is associated with multiple dispersed amino acid variations.

American journal of hematology - 1 Jul 1997

Huang C H, Chen Y, Reid M

Abstract excerpt

As a partial D antigen of the Rh blood group system, the D category IIIa phenotype occurs mainly in Blacks, but its molecular basis has not been defined. Here we describe studies of the D category D(IIIa) and VS+ red blood cells (RBC) from two unrelated probands by Southern blot, cDNA PCR, and nu...

Topics

Amino Acids
Black People
Blotting, Southern
DNA
Deoxyribonuclease HindIII
Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific
Erythrocytes
Exons
Genotype
Haploidy
Humans
Protein Folding
Protein Structure, Secondary
Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
Transcription, Genetic

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