Analysis of α-hemoglobin-stabilizing protein (AHSP) gene as a genetic modifier to the phenotype of β-thalassemia in Southern China

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-132

  Wang, Zhipeng ^a,b   Yu, Wenfang ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Shang, Xuan ^a   Zhang, Xinhua ^c   Xiong, Fu ^a   Xu, Xiangmin ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c 303th Hospital of People's Liberation Army   (China)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin stabilizing protein (AHSP); Thalassemia; Genetic modifier; Southern China

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ALPHA HEMOGLOBIN STABILIZING PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; CHAPERONE; GLYCINE; THYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHINA; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 77955279067     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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