Evidence that the ubiquitin proteolytic pathway is involved in the degradation of precipitated globin chains in thalassaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-250

  Wickramasinghe, S N ^a   Lee, M J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cathepsin D; Precipitated globin chains; Proteolysis; Thalassaemia; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; CATHEPSIN D; HEMOGLOBIN H; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UBIQUITIN;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CATHEPSIN D; GLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0031865537     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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