A post-transcriptional process contributes to efficient γ-globin gene silencing in definitive erythroid cells

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 516-525

  Russell, J Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Globin; mRNA stability; Post transcriptional regulation; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROID CELL; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA STABILITY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE SILENCING; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 36248989145     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: 16000609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.2007.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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