Reversal of lethal α- and β-thalassemias in mice by expression of human embryonic globins

Blood

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3057-3063

  Russell, J Eric ^a,b   Liebhaber, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; DNA; EPSILON GLOBIN; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZETA GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; GENE THERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032213386     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.9.3057.421k57_3057_3063     Document Type: Article

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