Alternative titles and symbols : Kidd blood group system;
Description : The Kidd blood group locus encodes a urea transporter (SLC14A1) that is expressed
on human red cells and in the kidney. The Kidd blood group system (Jk) is defined
by 2 alleles, Jk(a) and Jk(b), whose products were first identified with alloantibodies
responsible for haemolytic disease of the newborn or transfusion reactions (summary
by Olives et al., 1997).;