016  LW Blood Group
The LW blood group system consists of three antigens carried on a glycoprotein of 241 amino acids, ICAM-4, which belongs to the ICAM family of proteins. It has a leader sequence of 30 amino acids, and two I-set IgSF domains that characteristic of this family.
Antigens
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[2]
[3]
[4]
[5] LWa
[6] LWab
[7] LWb
Reference Info
Gene: ICAM4
Allele: LW*05. Acceptable: LW*A, or LWa if inferred by haemagglutination
Seq: NG_007728.1 (genomic), NM_001544.4 (transcript)
Entrez GeneID: 3386
Number of exons: 3