Interpretation: the m and n antigens are associated with the polymorphism, c.59 c>t, in exon 2 of the gypa gene1,2.By sanger sequencing analysis, reading from one direction the sample is heterozygous, c.59c/t, predicting the m and n antigens.However, reading from the other direction the sample is homozygous, c.59c, predicting the m antigen.This ambiguity is likely due to a gyp hybrid originating in or around intron 2 as shown in the right image aligned to gypa (ng_007470) and gypb (ng_007483) reference sequences that abrogates precisetype hea test primer binding leading to a n(0) result on beadchips (b)(4).Gyp hybrids are listed as a limitation of the precisetype hea test.(b)(4).
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