Definition: Multiple erythrocytic antigens that comprise at least three pairs of alternates and amorphs, determined by one complex gene or possibly several genes at closely linked loci. The system is important in transfusion reactions. Its expression involves the X-chromosome.
IM; coord with disease /blood (IM), not /immunol nor /genet; TN 230
Other names System, Kell Blood-Group; Kell Blood Group System; Blood-Group System, Kell