β+45 G → C: A novel silent β-thalassaemia mutation, the first in the Kozak sequence

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 224-231

  De Angioletti, Maria ^a   Lacerra, Giuseppina ^a   Sabato, Vincenzo ^b   Carestia, Clementina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassaemia modifier; Kozak consensus sequence; Leader sequence; Silent thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 1642579695     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04754.x     Document Type: Article

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