Hb Foggia or α117(GH5)Phe→Ser: A new α2 globin allele affecting the αHb-AHSP interaction

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-142

  Lacerra, Giuseppina ^a   Scarano, Clelia ^b   Musollino, Gennaro ^a   Flagiello, Angela ^c   Pucci, Piero ^c   Carestia, Clementina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassemia; AHSP; Hb foggia; Microcytic anemias

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOGLOBIN STABILIZING PROTEIN; ALPHA2 GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; MESSENGER RNA; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IRON METABOLISM; ITALY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETICULOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALLELES; ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTATION; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE;

EID: 38549144245     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.11789     Document Type: Article

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