Molecular characterization of a β-globin gene deletion of 1357 bp in a Taiwanese β-thalassemia carrier

Hemoglobin

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 498-504

  Huang, Chien Hao ^a   Chang, Yih Yuan ^a   Chen, Chung Hsiung ^a   Ko, Tsang Ming ^a  

^a Genephile Bioscience Laboratory   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Globin gene deletion; Thalassemia ( thal); Multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification (MLPA); Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN F;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRON; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOLECULAR PROBE; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TAIWAN;

EID: 54249084893     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260802173528     Document Type: Article

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