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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/99415| Title: | Determining the frequency of RH blood group system in the Maltese population |
| Authors: | Giordmaina, Antonella Borg, Joseph J. Debono, Jesmond Debattista, Neville |
| Keywords: | Genetics Blood Chromosome polymorphism |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta |
| Citation: | Giordmaina, A., Borg, J.J., Debono, J., Debattista, N. (2018). Determining the frequency of RH blood group system in the Maltese population. University of Malta. |
| Abstract: | The Rh blood group system does not only refer to the RhD antigen, but it is a complex protein based system The 5 most clinically significant antigens from this blood group system are the D,C,c,E and e since they are the cause of most alloimmunisations RHD and RHCE genes are distributed on chromosome 1 p 34 1 1 p 36 They are very similar, closely linked loci (figure 1 The 2 RH genes have opposite orientation, face each other with their 38 ends, and are separated by about 30 000 bp A third gene, SMP 1 has the same orientation as RHD and is positioned between RHD and RHCE The RHD gene is flanked on both sides by the 2 highly homologous Rhesus boxes |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/99415 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacHScABS |
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