Moderate reduction of β-globin gene transcript by a novel mutation in the 5′ untranslated region: A study of its interaction with other genotypes in two families

Blood

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1170-1178

  Ho, P Joy ^b   Rochette, Jacques ^b   Fisher, Chris A ^b   Wonke, Beatrix ^b   Jarvis, Martin K ^b   Yardumian, Anne ^b   Thein, Swee Lay ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GLOBIN GENE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CYPRUS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GLOBINS; GOATS; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030023834     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v87.3.1170.bloodjournal8731170     Document Type: Article

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