Hb A2-Pasteur-Tunis [δ59(E3)Lys→Asn, AAG→AAC]: A new δ chain variant detected by DNA sequencing in a Tunisian carrier of the codon 39 (C→T) β0-thalassemia mutation

Hemoglobin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-29

  Moumni, Imen ^a   Zorai, Amine ^a   Daoued, Bechir Ben ^a   Mosbahi, Ikbel ^a   Omar, Souheil ^b   Kaabachi, Neziha ^b   Dellagi, Koussay ^a   Abbes, Salem ^a,b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Thalassemia (thal); Hb A2 variant; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR RFLP); Sequencing

Indexed keywords

DELTA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN A2 PASTEUR TUNIS; HEMOGLOBIN DELTA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUNISIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 33847030746     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260601057005     Document Type: Article

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