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Platelet characteristics in patients with X-linked macrothrombocytopenia because of a novel GATA1 mutation.
Blood - 1 Jul 2001
Freson K, Devriendt K, Matthijs G, Van Hoof A, De Vos R, Thys C, Minner K, Hoylaerts M F, Vermylen J, Van Geet C
Abstract excerpt
A new mutation is described in the X-linked gene GATA1, resulting in macrothrombocytopenia and mild dyserythropoietic features but no marked anemia in a 4-generation family. The molecular basis for the observed phenotype is a substitution of glycine for aspartate in the strictly conserved codon 218 (D218G) of the amino-terminal zinc finger loop of the transcription factor GATA1. Zinc finger interaction studies...
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