LACK OF RH C/E EXPRESSION IN THE RHESUS D-- PHENOTYPE IS THE RESULT OF A GENE DELETION

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BLUNT, T [1 ]
STEERS, F [1 ]
DANIELS, G [1 ]
CARRITT, B [1 ]
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[1] UNIV LONDON UNIV COLL,MRC,BLOOD GRP UNIT,GALTON LAB,LONDON NW1 2HE,ENGLAND
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10.1111/j.1469-1809.1994.tb00722.x
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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We have investigated the arrangement of genes in the rare Rh (Rhesus) partial null condition D--. Southern blot and PCR studies under conditions which distinguish the highly homologous RH D and RH C/E genes show that in an Icelandic family with the D-- haplotype at least 85 % of the RH C/E gene is deleted. This finding is in contrast to one other published case of this phenotype, where intact RH D and C/E genes were found, and also to the full amorph Rh-null phenotype, where an intact RH C/E gene was found, accompanied by the deletion of the RH D gene typical of Rh D-negative individuals.
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