Two independent origins of Hb Dhonburi (Neapolis) [β 126 (H4) Val→Gly]: An electrophoretically silent hemoglobin variant

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 179-183

  Viprakasit, Vip ^a   Chinchang, Worrawut ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

globin haplotype; Amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (ARMS PCR); Hb Dhonburi; High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP)

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCINE; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN DHONBURI; HEMOGLOBIN E; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; VALINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MICROCYTOSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; THAILAND; THALASSEMIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; THAILAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33845466599     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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