Genetic variation on chromosome 6 influences F cell levels in healthy individuals of African descent and HbF levels in sickle cell patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Creary, Lisa E ^a   Ulug, Pinar ^a   Menzel, Stephan ^a   McKenzie, Colin A ^b   Hanchard, Neil A ^b   Taylor, Veronica ^c   Farrall, Martin ^d   Forrester, Terrence E ^b   Thein, Swee Lay ^a,e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c National Blood Transfusion Service   (Jamaica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN F; PROTEIN HBS1L; PROTEIN HMIP 2; PROTEIN MYB; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDE SECRETING CELL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 6; GENETICS; NEGRO;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 62649123871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004218     Document Type: Article

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