A 65 bp duplication/insertion in exon II of the β globin gene causing β°-thalassemia

Haematologica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-424

  Frischknecht, Hannes ^a   Dutly, Fabrizio ^a  

^a Institute for Medical and Molecular Diagnostics Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Duplication insertion

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; DNA EXTRACTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CODON; ETHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GHANA; LETTER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STOP CODON;

ADULT; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CODON; CODON, TERMINATOR; EXONS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOTYPE; GHANA; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTANT PROTEINS;

EID: 34247617852     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.10785     Document Type: Article

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