Homozygous deletion of six olfactory receptor genes in a subset of individuals with beta-thalassemia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  van Ziffle, Jessica ^a   Yang, Wendy ^a   Chehab, Farid F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBULIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN OR51A1P; PROTEIN OR51V1; PROTEIN OR52A1; PROTEIN OR52A4; PROTEIN OR52A5; PROTEIN OR52Z1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAMMA GLOBIN; OR52A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENHANCER REGION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GAMMA-GLOBINS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 79952078392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017327     Document Type: Article

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