Open AccessExpression of the <b><i>GBGT1</i></b> Gene and the Forssman Antigen in Red Blood Cells in a Palestinian Population
Author(s) -
Wafa Ali Abusibaa,
Mahmoud A. Srour,
AliReza Moslemi,
Lola Svensson,
Carlos Echevarría Jesús,
Fernando Mendes,
Camilla Hesse
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transfusion medicine and hemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1660-3818
pISSN - 1660-3796
DOI - 10.1159/000497288
Subject(s) - single nucleotide polymorphism , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , serology , antigen , rh blood group system , exon , allele , gene , population , typing , antibody , genotype , genetics , medicine , environmental health
The Forssman antigen (FORS1 Ag) is expressed on human red blood cells (RBCs). We investigated its presence on RBCs from Palestinian subjects and Swedish subjects by serological testing and by sequencing part of exon 7 of the GBGT1 gene, which encodes Forssman synthase.