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Gene Information

Gene symbol: GYPB

Gene name: glycophorin B (MNS blood group)

HGNC ID: 4703

Synonyms: GPB, SS, CD235b

Related Genes

# Gene Symbol Number of hits
1 GYPA 1 hits

Related Sentences

# PMID Sentence
1 8009226 Region II, which contains a cysteine-rich motif, and native EBA-175 bind specifically to glycophorin A, but not to glycophorin B, on the erythrocyte membrane.
2 9584138 Using nulls lacking glycophorin A [En(a-)], glycophorin B (S-s-U-) or a combination of glycophorin A and B (Mk/Mk) we showed that erythrocytes lacking glycophorin B retain the ability to bind but a lack of glycophorin A reduced adherence by exflagellating microgametes.
3 9712768 The peptide, EBA(aa1076-96), also bound to desialylated glycophorin A and glycophorin B when tested by ELISA.
4 18063920 Glycophorin B, the next in terms of amount, can take on the role of glycophorin A as the receptor, but the glycophorin B- and sialic acid-dependent invasion of erythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum involves a different parasite ligand.