ERMAP explained

Erythroid membrane-associated protein is a protein that in humans is responsible for the Scianna blood group system, and is encoded by the ERMAP gene.^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• Gregory SG, Barlow KF, McLay KE . The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1 . Nature . 441 . 7091 . 315–21 . 2006 . 16710414 . 10.1038/nature04727 . 2006Natur.441..315G . etal. free .
• Flegel WA, Chen Q, Reid ME . SCER and SCAN: two novel high-prevalence antigens in the Scianna blood group system . Transfusion . 45 . 12 . 1940–4 . 2006 . 16371048 . 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.00646.x . 6030307 . etal. free .
• Hue-Roye K, Chaudhuri A, Velliquette RW . STAR: a novel high-prevalence antigen in the Scianna blood group system . Transfusion . 45 . 2 . 245–7 . 2005 . 15660834 . 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2004.04226.x . 782824 . etal.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 . etal.
• Krause M, Leslie JD, Stewart M . Lamellipodin, an Ena/VASP ligand, is implicated in the regulation of lamellipodial dynamics . Dev. Cell . 7 . 4 . 571–83 . 2004 . 15469845 . 10.1016/j.devcel.2004.07.024 . etal. free .
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T . Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs . Nat. Genet. . 36 . 1 . 40–5 . 2004 . 14702039 . 10.1038/ng1285 . etal. free .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . etal. free .
• Wagner FF, Poole J, Flegel WA . Scianna antigens including Rd are expressed by ERMAP . Blood . 101 . 2 . 752–7 . 2003 . 12393480 . 10.1182/blood-2002-07-2064 . free .
• Su YY, Gordon CT, Ye TZ . Human ERMAP: an erythroid adhesion/receptor transmembrane protein . Blood Cells Mol. Dis. . 27 . 5 . 938–49 . 2003 . 11783959 . 10.1006/bcmd.2001.0465 . etal.
• Lewis M, Kaita H, Philipps S . The position of the Radin blood group locus in relation to other chromosome l loci . Ann. Hum. Genet. . 44 . Pt 2 . 179–84 . 1982 . 6459052 . 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1980.tb00956.x . 30044562 . etal.
• Lewis M, Kaita H . Genetic linkage between the Radin and Rh blood group loci . Vox Sang. . 37 . 5 . 286–9 . 1980 . 118583 . 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1979.tb02306.x . 31800860 .

External links

• Scianna blood group system in the BGMUT blood group antigen gene mutation database

Notes and References

1. Xu H, Foltz L, Sha Y, Madlansacay MR, Cain C, Lindemann G, Vargas J, Nagy D, Harriman B, Mahoney W, Schueler PA . Cloning and characterization of human erythroid membrane-associated protein, human ERMAP . Genomics . 76 . 1–3 . 2–4 . Sep 2001 . 11549310 . 10.1006/geno.2001.6600 .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: ERMAP erythroblast membrane-associated protein (Scianna blood group).