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Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Human Blood-group Leb Specificity

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Chemical characterization of Leb-active fragments isolated from alkaline degradation products of human blood-group HLeb substance supports the idea that Leb specificity results from the action of two genes. These are H and Le, and they belong to independent blood-group gene systems, Hh and Lele.

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    ANNE M. S. MARR, A. S. R. DONALD, WINIFRED M. WATKINS & W. T. J. MORGAN

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MARR, A., DONALD, A., WATKINS, W. et al. Molecular and Genetic Aspects of Human Blood-group Leb Specificity. Nature 215, 1345–1349 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151345a0

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