α-haemoglobin stabilising protein is a quantitative trait gene that modifies the phenotype of β-thalassaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 675-682

  Lai, Mei I ^a   Jiang, Jie ^a   Silver, Nicholas ^a   Best, Steve ^a   Menzel, Stephan ^a   Mijovic, Aleksandar ^b   Colella, Stefano ^c   Ragoussis, Jiannis ^c   Garner, Chad ^d,e   Weiss, Mitchell J ^f   Thein, Swee L ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

haemoglobin stabilising protein; thalassaemia; Genotype phenotype; Quantitative trait

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; ALPHA HEMOGLOBIN STABILIZING PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AHSP GENE; ALPHA GLOBIN GENE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RETICULOCYTE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RETICULOCYTES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33646689318     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06075.x     Document Type: Article

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