Understanding globin regulation in β-thalassemia: It's as simple as α, β, γ, δ

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1470-1473

  Bank, Arthur ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; BUTYRIC ACID; DELTA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN F; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALPHA HEMOGLOBIN STABILIZING PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE R; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN SWI; PROTEIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IKAROS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEME SYNTHESIS; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; IRON CHELATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL GENE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ANIMALS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 11; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; EIF-2 KINASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

EID: 20444450494     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI25398     Document Type: Review

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