Identification of the molecular genetic defect of patients with methemoglobin M Kankakee (M-Iwate), α87 (F8) His → Tyr: Evidence for an electrostatic model of αM hemoglobin assembly

Blood

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1825-1826

  Ameri, A ^a   Fairbanks, V F ^b   Yanik, G A ^b   Mahdi, F ^b   Thibodeau, S N ^b   McCormick, D J ^b   Boxer, L A ^b   McDonagh, K T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; HISTIDINE; METHEMOGLOBIN; TYROSINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISORDER; GLOBIN GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SIBLING;

EID: 0033199944     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v94.5.1825     Document Type: Article

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