Rare homozygous status of P43 β1-tubulin polymorphism causes alterations in platelet ultrastructure

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 855-863

  Navarro Núñez, Leyre ^a   Teruel, Raúl ^a   Antón, Ana Isabel ^a   Nurden, Paquita ^b   Martínez Martínez, Irene ^a   Lozano, María Luisa ^a   Rivera, José ^a   Corral, Javier ^a   Mezzano, Diego ^c   Vicente, Vicente ^a   Martínez, Constantino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Homozygosis; Platelet ultrastructure; TUBB1 Q43P polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE SHAPE; THROMBOCYTE STRUCTURE; TUBB1 GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELL COUNT; CYTOSKELETON; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET ACTIVATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUBULIN;

EID: 79955775911     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH10-08-0536     Document Type: Article

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