Thalassaemia-like carriers not linked to the β-globin gene cluster

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 640-650

  Faà, Valeria ^a   Meloni, Alessandra ^a   Moi, Loredana ^b   Ibba, Giuseppe ^b   Travi, Maurizio ^c   Vitucci, Antonio ^d   Cao, Antonio ^a   Rosatelli, Maria Cristina ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; Gene expression; Globin genes; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 33644908485     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05915.x     Document Type: Article

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