A novel Indian β-thalassemia mutation in the CACCC box of the promoter region

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 530-532

  Agarwal, Sarita ^a   Arya, Vandana ^a   Stolle, Catherine A ^b   Pradhan, Mandakini ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Polymerase chain reaction; Promoter region; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 33750610271     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0902-4441.2006.t01-1-EJH2923.x     Document Type: Article

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