A large deletion in the human α-globin cluster caused by a replication error is associated with an unexpectedly mild phenotype

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 3084-3093

  Rugless, Michelle J ^a   Fisher, Chris A ^a   Old, John M ^b   Sloane stanley, Jacqueline ^a   Ayyub, Helena ^a   Higgs, Douglas R ^a   Garrick, David ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOWN REGULATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; RNA POLYMERASE II;

EID: 52949115720     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn205     Document Type: Article

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