Molecular identification of the novel Gγ-β hybrid hemoglobin: Hb Gγ-β Ulsan (Gγ through 13; β from 19)

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 276-279

  Kim, So Yeon ^a   Lee, Seon Ho ^b   Cho, Sung Im ^a   Song, Sang Hoon ^a,c   Hattori, Yukio ^d   Park, Sang Kyu ^b   Song, Junghan ^a,c   Choi, Yangsun ^a   Yang, Mangil ^a   Park, Hyunwoong ^a   Kim, Sung Ryul ^b   Seong, Moon Woo ^e   Kim, Ji Yeon ^a   Cho, Han Ik ^a   Park, Sung Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HBB; HBG2; Hemoglobin; Hybrid hemoglobin; Mutation

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA HYBRID; GAMMA GLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN C; HEMOGLOBIN F; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA G; HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANISOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOCHROMIA; KOREA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCYTOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POIKILOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THALASSEMIA MINOR;

BETA-GLOBINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; GAMMA-GLOBINS; GENE FUSION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 78649449732     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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