A novel four base-pair deletion within the Aγ-globin gene promoter associated with slight increase of Aγ expression in adult

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-19

  Huang, Xiao Dong ^a   Yang, Xuexian O ^a   Huang, Rui Bin ^b   Zhang, Hong Yuan ^a   Zhao, Hua Lu ^a   Zhao, Yan Jun ^a   Huang, Cheng Le ^b   Hou, Chun Jiang ^b   Zhang, Jun Wu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Baise People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Hereditary persistance of fetal hemoglobin; Human fetal globin gene; Promoter mutation; Small deletion

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHINESE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GLOBINS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN DENATURATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0033981943     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(200001)63:1<16::AID-AJH4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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