Hereditary spherocytosis with spectrin deficiency related to null mutations of the β-spectrin gene

Blood Cells, Molecules and Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-261

  Dhermy, Didier ^a   Galand, Colette ^a   Bournier, Odile ^a   Cynober, Thérèse ^b   Méchinaud, Françoise ^c   Tchemia, Gil ^b   Garbarz, Michel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Dominant; Erythrocytes; Frameshift; Membrane; Nonsense

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0032104593     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcmd.1998.0190     Document Type: Article

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