The Corfu δβ thalassemia deletion disrupts γ-globin gene silencing and reveals post-transcriptional regulation of HbF expression

Blood

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2154-2160

  Chakalova, Lyubomira ^b   Osborne, Cameron S ^b   Dai, Yan Feng ^b   Goyenechea, Beatriz ^b   Metaxotou Mavromati, Anna ^b   Kattamis, Antonios ^b   Kattamis, Christos ^b   Fraser, Peter ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEADY STATE; THALASSEMIA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 14944379039     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-11-4069     Document Type: Article

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