Human Blood Groups

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

   Pages 1-8

3. Glycoconjugates

   • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

   Pages 9-17

4. Biosynthesis of Glycoconjugates

   • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

   Pages 18-29

5. Erythrocyte Membrane

   • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

   Pages 30-53

6. ABO(H) System

   • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

   Pages 54-183

7. Lewis System and Antigens Lex and Ley

   • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

   Pages 184-248

8. Antigens I and i

   • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

   Pages 249-272

9. P System

   • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

   Pages 273-303

10. MNS System

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 304-363

11. Polyagglutination

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 364-381

12. Sid and Cad

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 382-397

13. Sialic Acid-Containing Receptors for Cold Agglutinins

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 398-408

14. Rh System

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 409-457

15. Landsteiner-Wiener System

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 458-463

16. Chido / Rodgers System

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 464-473

17. Duffy System

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 474-484

18. Kell System

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 485-503

19. Gerbich System

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 504-517

20. Lutheran System

    • Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

    Pages 518-526

As President and organiser of the 26th Congress of the International Society pf Blood Transfusion 'ISBT 2000', I am pleased to introduce this work on the biochemistry of human blood groups, which will serve as a valuable complement to blood group serology work. For this new edition the author has singlehandedly covered virtually all blood group research published before the current year. It is my firm belief that all participants in the ISBT conference will find this book a highly useful addition to their scientific libraries. Vienna, April 2000 W.R. Mayr Congress President Preface This revised and updated edition of the monograph on the chemistry and biochemistry of human blood groups is being published to honour the 1 Oath anniversary of Dr. Karl Landsteiner's discovery of human blood groups here in Vienna. Five years have passed since publication of the first edition, and in this time research on the biochemistry of human blood groups has reached staggering proportions. Thanks to extensive molecular biological applications, research groups have identified the bearer molecules of even more blood groups, and are now able to clarify the molecular basis of a vast number of blood group specificities. Human blood group research has become one of the most fruitful of all biochemical research fields. While this development is immensely gratifying to a researcher like myself, who has worked in human blood groups for the past 34 years, coping with the close to overwhelming number of publications has proved a highly challenging task.

• Allele
• Antigen
• biochemistry
• biosynthesis
• cells
• erythrocyte
• genes
• genetics
• molecular biology
• proteins

"... This book is well organized, accurate ... Helmut Schenkel-Brunner is to be congratulated on compiling and presenting the information in a clear and consice manner ... "Human blood groups: chemical and biochemical basis of antigen specificity” is a useful reference book for the shelf of those interested in understanding the biochemical and genetical aspects of blood group antigens.” Human Genetics 2001

• Institut für Medizinische Biochemie, Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria

  Helmut Schenkel-Brunner

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