Red blood cell membrane disorders

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-13

  Tse, William T ^a   Lux, Samuel E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankyrin; Elliptocytosis; Pyropoikilocytosis; Spectrin; Spherocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADDUCIN; ANKYRIN; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 3 PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.1 PROTEIN; ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.2 PROTEIN; GLYCOPHORIN A; GLYCOPHORIN C; SPECTRIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; HEREDITARY ELLIPTOCYTOSIS; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION;

EID: 0032907043     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1999.01130.x     Document Type: Review

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