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. 1980 Nov;23(5):545-52.
doi: 10.1016/s0338-4535(80)80158-9.

Molecular nature of the blood-group ABH antigens of the human erythrocyte membrane

J Finne, T Krusius, H Rauvala, J Järnefelt

Molecular nature of the blood-group ABH antigens of the human erythrocyte membrane

J Finne et al. Rev Fr Transfus Immunohematol. 1980 Nov.

Abstract

The oligosaccharide structures specifying the blood-group ABH determinants occur in the human erythrocyte membrane in different classes of compounds. The majority occur in a novel class of complex carbohydrate chains called the polyglycosyl chains. They are bound by an alkali-stable bond to glycoproteins (band 3, band 4.5) and occur also in glycolipids. Conventional glycosphingolipids as well as alkali-labile carbohydrate chains of glycoproteins (in the PAS-bands) are also carriers of the blood-group determinants.

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