Understanding α-globin gene regulation: Aiming to improve the management of thalassemia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1054, Issue , 2005, Pages 92-102

  Higgs, D R ^a   Garrick, D ^a   Anguita, E ^a   De Gobbi, M ^a   Hughes, J ^a   Muers, M ^a   Vernimmen, D ^a   Lower, K ^a   Law, M ^a   Argentaro, A ^a   Deville, M A ^a   Gibbons, R ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha globin; ATK X syndrome; ATMDS syndrome; Erythropoiesis; Gene regulation; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; BETA GLOBIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CPG ISLAND; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; POINT MUTATION; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 29744458124     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1345.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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