Dissection of the Association Status of Two Polymorphisms in the β-Globin Gene Cluster with Variations in F-Cell Number in Non-Anemic Individuals

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 239-243

  Merghoub, Taha ^a   Perichon, Bruno ^a   Maier Redelsperger, Micheline ^a,b   Dibenedetto, Salvatore Pietro ^c   Samperi, Piera ^c   Ducrocq, Rolande ^a   Feingold, Nicole ^d   Elion, Jacques ^a   Schiliro, Gino ^c   Labie, Dominique ^e   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e CHU Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

F cells; Fetal hemoglobin; Locus control region; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASE XMNI; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DNA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 0031451825     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199712)56:4<239::AID-AJH7>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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