Characterization of beta-thalassemia mutations in patients from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-428

  da Silveira, Zama Messala Luna ^a   Barbosa, Maria das Vitórias ^a   Fernandes, Thales Allyrio Araújo de Medeiros ^b   Kimura, Elza Miyuki ^c   Costa, Fernando Ferreira ^c   Sonati, Maria de Fátima ^c   Rebecchi, Ivanise Marina Moretti ^a   de Medeiros, Tereza Maria Dantas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beta thalassemia; Brazilian population; Hereditary hemoglobinopathies; Mutations; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BETA GLOBIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; PROTEIN BETA 39; PROTEIN BETA IVS I 1; PROTEIN BETA IVS I 6; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051726668     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572011005000032     Document Type: Article

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