HbA2 levels in normal adults are influenced by two distinct genetic mechanisms

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-105

  Menzel, Stephan ^a   Garner, Chad ^b   Rooks, Helen ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a   Thein, Swee Lay ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Globin genes; Haemoglobin regulation; Thalassaemias

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN DELTA CHAIN; PROTEIN MYB; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME 6Q; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HBS1L GENE; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN GENE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DELTA CHAIN GENE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; ONCOGENE MYB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEX RATIO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84870857735     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12084     Document Type: Article

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