Haemoglobin J-Biskra: A new mildly unstable α1 gene variant with a deletion of eight residues (α50-57, α51-58 or α52-59) including the distal histidine

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 401-406

  Wajcman, Henri ^a,b   Dahmane, Malika ^a   Prénu, Claude ^a   Cosies, Bruno ^b   Promé, Danielle ^b   Arous, Nicole ^c   Bardakdjian Miciiau, Josiane ^c   Riou, Jean ^d   Avache, Kadour Cherif ^d   Godart, Christian ^c   Galacteros, Frédéric ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CHU de Kouba   (Algeria)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Human; Mass spectrometry; Mutant haemoglobin; Oxygen affinity; Short deletion

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEMOGLOBIN J; HISTIDINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN AFFINITY; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMOGLOBINS, ABNORMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 6844237646     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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