blood group A antigen

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Introduction

Antigen:

        a1->3     b1->4        b1->3
 GalNAc _____ Gal _____ GlcNAc ____ Gal
               |
         a1->2 |
               |
              Fuc

Expression

Clinical significance

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. American Association of Blood Banks (AABB) Technical Manual, 9th edition, 1985, pg 119
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Wu SC, Arthur CM, Wang J et al The SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain preferentially recognizes blood group A. Blood Adv (2021) 5 (5): 1305-1309 March 3 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33656534 PMCID: PMC7929867 Free PMC article https://ashpublications.org/bloodadvances/article/5/5/1305/475250/The-SARS-CoV-2-receptor-binding-domain