Blood groups and red cell antigens
By: Laura Dean
Contributors: National Center for Biotechnology Information (U.S.)
Publisher: NCBI
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bethesda, Md.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Blood Group Antigens
Description: Blood type is determined by markers (antigens) that are scattered across the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). These antigens take a variety of different forms: they may be sugars that project above the cell surface, or they may be large proteins that form an important part of the RBC membrane. The presence and absence of these antigens make the blood from different people, different. And there are many types of blood because there are hundreds of antigens.
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Table of contents: title: Blood and the cells it contains; title: Blood group antigens are surface markers on the red blood cell membrane; title: Blood transfusions and the immune system; title: Hemolytic disease of the newborn; title: The ABO blood group; title: The Hh blood group; title: The Rh blood group; title: The Kell blood group; title: The Duffy blood group; title: The Kidd blood group; title: The Diego blood group; title: The MNS blood group.