The conversion of group B red blood cells into group O by an alpha-D-galactosidase from taro (Colocasia esculenta).

An alpha-D-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.

Phosphoglucomutase-1 (PGM1) W23 and W26 variants detected in the Taiwanese Chinese population.

Phosphoglucomutase-1 (PGM1) phenotyping among Taiwanese Chinese was carried out on thin layer agarose gel using isoelectric focusing techniques. During routine paternity testing, two new PGM1 variants not previously observed in Taiwanese Chinese were detected. These are PGM1 W23 and PGM1 W26.

Phosphoglucomutase phenotyping among Chinese in Taiwan.

Phosphoglucomutase 1 (PGM1) phenotyping was performed in 1,128 Chinese blood donors by thin-layer isoelectric focusing on agarose. The PGM1 gene frequencies were as follows: 1A, 0.6005; 1B, 0.