Frequent de novo monoallelic expression of β-spectrin gene (SPTB) in children with hereditary spherocytosis and isolated spectrin deficiency

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 251-254

  Miraglia Del Giudice, Emanuele ^a   Lombardi, Cinzia ^a   Francesie, Matteo ^a   Nobili, Bruno ^a   Conte, Maria Luisa ^a   Amendola, Giovanni ^b   Cutillo, Stefano ^a   Iolascon, Achille ^c   Perrotta, Silverio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Ospedale San Leonardo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

De novo mutation; Monoallelic expression; Spectrin; Spherocytosis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; SPECTRIN; SPECTRIN BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECTRIN; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY;

EID: 7144256234     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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