Article
Molecular basis of weak D phenotypes.
Blood - 1 Jan 1999
Wagner F F, Gassner C, Müller T H, Schönitzer D, Schunter F, Flegel W A
Abstract excerpt
A Rhesus D (RhD) red blood cell phenotype with a weak expression of the D antigen occurs in 0.2% to 1% of whites and is called weak D, formerly Du. Red blood cells of weak D phenotype have a much reduced number of presumably complete D antigens that were repeatedly reported to carry the amino aci...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Substitution
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Exons
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Introns
- Mutation, Missense
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Rh-Hr Blood-Group System