A novel silent β-thalassemia mutation in the distal CACCC box affects the binding and responsiveness to EKLF

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 881-884

  Moi, Paolo ^a   Faà, Valeria ^b   Marini, Maria Giuseppina ^b   Asunis, Isadora ^b   Ibba, Giuseppe ^a   Cao, Antonio ^a,b   Rosatelli, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassemia; Expression studies; Protein DNA interaction; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; ERYTHROID KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSACTIVATION;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 4644224565     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.05146.x     Document Type: Article

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