Identification of the linkage of a 1.357 KB β-Globin gene deletion and A γ-Globin gene triplication in a Chinese family

Hemoglobin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-353

  Lou, Ji Wu ^a   Li, Qian ^a   Wei, Xiao Feng ^a   Huang, Ji Wei ^a   Xu, Xiang Min ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Globin gene deletion; Thalassemia intermedia ( TI); Globin gene triplication; AG Hybrid gene

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHINA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLOBINS; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 77954844477     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: 1532432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03630269.2010.486357     Document Type: Article

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