An in vitro system for expression analysis of mutations of the β-globin gene: Validation and application to two mutations in the 5' UTR

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 938-947

  Ho, P Joy ^a,c   Sloane Stanley, Jackie ^a   Athanassiadou, Aglaia ^b   Wood, William G ^a   Thein, Swee Lay ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

globin gene; 5' UTR mutations; In vitro expression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLOBIN GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSPORT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE; MICE; MUTATION; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032824748     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01659.x     Document Type: Article

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