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Anti‐Lu4: A New Antibody Related to the Lutheran Blood Group System 1
Author(s) -
Bove J. R.,
Allen F. H.,
Chiewsilp P.,
Marsh W. L.,
Cleghorn T. E.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1971.tb04785.x
Subject(s) - antibody , red cell , red blood cell , microbiology and biotechnology , allele , blood group antigens , biology , medicine , chemistry , genetics , immunology , gene
. A new antibody, named anti‐Lu4, has been discovered, that reacts with a high frequency red cell antigen. The antibody does not react with dominant or recessive Lu(a‐b‐) red cells or with the red cells of the propositus and two of her five siblings. Because the propositus and her sibs are all Lu(a‐b+), anti‐Lu4 cannot be the same as anti‐Lu a Lu b . Attempts to identify a low frequency allele to Lu4 were unsuccessful. The results suggest that Lu a , Lu b and Lu4 have a common precursor.