Disorders of the synthesis of human fetal hemoglobin

IUBMB Life

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 94-111

  Manca, Laura ^a   Masala, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hemoglobin; Human molecular disease; Molecular genetics; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F; GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN VARIANT; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

BETA THALASSEMIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE SWITCHING; HEMOGLOBIN SYNTHESIS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA GAMMA; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HEMOGLOBIN GOWER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE DELETION; GLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 42149087174     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.4     Document Type: Review

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