The 5′ regulatory region of the human fetal globin genes is a gene conversion hotspot

Hemoglobin

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 572-581

  Kalamaras, Angelos ^a,b   Chassanidis, Christos ^a   Samara, Maria ^a   Chiotoglou, Ioanna ^a   Vamvakopoulos, Nikolaos K ^a   Papadakis, Manoussos N ^c   Kollia, Panagoula ^a,e   Patrinos, George P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Karditsa   (Greece)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

A Globin gene; G Globin gene; Fetal globin genes; Fetal hemoglobin (Hb); Gene conversion; Sequence homogenization; Sequence variations

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONVERSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; GLOBIN GENE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GREECE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

MAMMALIA;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENE CONVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; GREECE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 57449085988     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630260802507824     Document Type: Article

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