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glycophorin

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glycophorin /gly·co·phor·in/ (-for´in) any of several related proteins that can project through the thickness of the cell membrane of erythrocytes; they attach to oligosaccharides at the outer cell membrane surface and to contractile proteins (spectrin and actin) at the cytoplasmic surface.
glycophorin
a protein that projects through the thickness of the cell membrane of erythrocytes; it is attached to oligosaccharides at the outer cell membrane surface and to contractile proteins (spectrin and actin) at the cytoplasmic surface.


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XRCC1 polymorphisms: effects on aflatoxin B1-DNA adducts and glycophorin A variant frequency.
The cells stained with CD31 (figure, B) and glycophorin, which indicated the presence of a mixture of megakaryocytic and erythroid cells.
Still others, including David Aminoff of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, contend red-cell aging is accompanied by a loss of sialic acid residues from a membrane protein called glycophorin.
 
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