Defective mRNA levels are responsible for a β-thalassemia phenotype associated with Hb Federico II, a novel hemoglobin variant [β-106 (G8) Leu→Val]

Haematologica

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1096-1098

  Grosso, Michela ^a   Palumbo, Ilaria ^a   Morelli, Emanuela ^a   Puzone, Stella ^a   Sessa, Raffaele ^a   Izzo, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN FEDERICO II; MESSENGER RNA;

BETA THALASSEMIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; RNA SPLICING;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; CODON; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VALINE;

EID: 46849107754     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.11722     Document Type: Letter

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