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glycophorin A

biochemistry

Also known as: GYPA

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MNSs blood group system

In MNSs blood group system
…polymorphic (variable) genes, known as GYPA and GYPB (glycophorin A and B, respectively). The system consists of two pairs of codominant alleles, designated M and N (identified in 1927) and S and s (identified 1947 and 1951, respectively). The alleles M and N are usually distributed in populations in approximately…
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role in blood chemistry

In blood group: Chemistry of the blood group substances
Another integral membrane glycoprotein, glycophorin A, contains large numbers of sialic acid molecules and MN blood group structures; another, glycophorin B, contains Ss and U antigens.
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