Ankyrin-1 mutations are a major cause of dominant and recessive hereditary spherocytosis

Nature Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 214-218

  Eber, Stefan W ^a,c   Gonzalez, Jennifer M ^a   Lux, Marcia L ^a   Scarpa, Alphonse L ^d   Tse, William T ^d   Dornwell, Marion ^c   Herbers, Jutta ^c   Kugler, Wilfried ^c   Özcan, Refik ^c   Pekrun, Arnulf ^c   Gallagher, Patrick G ^d   Schröter, Werner ^c   Forget, Bernard G ^d   Lux, Samuel E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; SPECTRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9044220232     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0696-214     Document Type: Article

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