title: Molecular nature of the blood-group ABH antigens of the human erythrocyte membrane.
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.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000276:immunology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000097:blood; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D006020:Glycopeptides; D006023:Glycoproteins