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Approved Symbol Approved Name Previous Symbols Aliases Chromosome Accession Numbers RefSeq IDs
ABO ABO blood group (transferase A, alpha 1-3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase; transferase B, alpha 1-3-galactosyltransferase)   A3GALNT, A3GALT1 9q34.2 AF134415 NM_020469
ACHE acetylcholinesterase (Yt blood group) YT   7q22   NM_015831
AQP1 aquaporin 1 (Colton blood group) CO CHIP28 7p14 M77829 NM_000385
AQP3 aquaporin 3 (Gill blood group)   GIL 9p13   NM_004925
ART4 ADP-ribosyltransferase 4 (Dombrock blood group) DO DOK1, CD297 12q13.2-q13.3 X95826 NM_021071
B3GALNT1 beta-1,3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1 (globoside blood group) B3GALT3 beta3Gal-T3, galT3, P1, GLOB 3q25 Y15062 NM_033167
BCAM basal cell adhesion molecule (Lutheran blood group) LU CD239 19q12-q13 X83425 NM_005581
BSG basigin (Ok blood group) OK EMMPRIN, CD147 19p13.3 L10240  
C4A complement component 4A (Rodgers blood group)   CPAMD2, C4S, CO4, C4, C4A3, C4A2, C4A4, C4A6, C4B, RG 6p21.3 L26261, M14823, X77491, AY224378 NM_007293
C4B complement component 4B (Childo blood group)   CPAMD3, C4F, CO4, C4B1, C4B3, CH 6p21.3 AF019413 NM_001002029
CD44 CD44 molecule (Indian blood group) MIC4, MDU2, MDU3 IN, MC56, Pgp1, CD44R, HCELL, CSPG8 11p13 M59040 NM_000610
CD55 CD55 molecule, decay accelerating factor for complement (Cromer blood group) DAF CR, TC 1q32 BC001288 NM_000574
CD151 CD151 molecule (Raph blood group)   SFA-1, PETA-3, TSPAN24, RAPH 11p15.5 AL161965, BC013302, D29963 NM_004357
CR1 complement component (3b/4b) receptor 1 (Knops blood group)   CD35, KN 1q32 Y00816 NM_000573
DARC Duffy blood group, chemokine receptor FY CCBP1, GPD, Dfy, CD234 1q21-q22 U01839 NM_002036
ERMAP erythroblast membrane-associated protein (Scianna blood group) RD, SC   1p34 AF311284 NM_018538
FUT1 fucosyltransferase 1 (galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase, H blood group) H, HSC   19q13.1-qter    
FUT3 fucosyltransferase 3 (galactoside 3(4)-L-fucosyltransferase, Lewis blood group) LE CD174 19p13.3   NM_000149
GCNT2 glucosaminyl (N-acetyl) transferase 2, I-branching enzyme (I blood group) NACGT1, II, GCNT5, CCAT IGNT, NAGCT1, bA421M1.1, bA360O19.2, ULG3 6p24.2 L41605 NM_145649
GYPA glycophorin A (MNS blood group) MNS GPA, MN, CD235a 4q28-q31 M36281 NM_002099
GYPB glycophorin B (MNS blood group) MNS GPB, SS, CD235b 4q28-q31   NM_002100
GYPC glycophorin C (Gerbich blood group)   GPC, GYPD, Ge, CD236, CD236R 2q14-q21    
ICAM4 intercellular adhesion molecule 4 (Landsteiner-Wiener blood group) LW CD242 19p13.2-cen X93093  
KEL Kell blood group, metallo-endopeptidase   ECE3, CD238 7q33 BC003135 NM_000420
P1 P one antigen (P blood group)     22q11.2-qter    
RHCE Rh blood group, CcEe antigens RH CD240CE 1p36.11 BC075081 NM_020485
RHD Rh blood group, D antigen RH Rh30a, Rh4, RhPI, RhII, DIIIc, CD240D 1p36.2-p34 AB012623  
SEMA7A semaphorin 7A, GPI membrane anchor (John Milton Hagen blood group) SEMAL H-Sema-L, CD108 15q22.3-q23 AF069493  
SLC4A1 solute carrier family 4, anion exchanger, member 1 (erythrocyte membrane protein band 3, Diego blood group) EPB3, AE1, DI, WD RTA1A, CD233, FR, SW, WR 17q12-q21   NM_000342
SLC14A1 solute carrier family 14 (urea transporter), member 1 (Kidd blood group) JK HsT1341 18q11-q12 BC040128 NM_015865
XG Xg blood group PBDX   Xp22.32 AF380356 NM_175569
XK X-linked Kx blood group (McLeod syndrome)   XKR1, Kx, X1k Xp21.1 Z32684 NM_021083

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