The modifying effect of Xmn1-HBG2 on thalassemic phenotype is associated with its linked elements in the beta globin locus control region, including the palindromic site at 5′HS4

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  Neishabury, Maryam ^a   Zamani, Shahbaz ^a   Azarkeivan, Azita ^b   Abedini, Seyedeh Sedigheh ^a   Darvish, Hossein ^a   Zamani, Fahimeh ^a   Najmabadi, Hossein ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN BLOOD TRANSFUSION ORGANIZATION   (Iran)

^c Kariminejad and Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

5 HS4 beta globin LCR; IVSII 1; Thalassemia; Xmn1 HBG2

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BETA GLOBIN GENE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRANIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALINDROMIC SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; XMN1 HBG2 LOCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BETA-GLOBINS; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHROMATIN; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; IRAN; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84855190788     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: 10960961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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