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Murine recessive hereditary spherocytosis, sph/sph, is caused by a mutation in the erythroid alpha-spectrin gene.
The hematology journal : the official journal of the European Haematology Association - 1 Jan 2000
Wandersee N J, Birkenmeier C S, Gifford E J, Mohandas N, Barker J E
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INTRODUCTION: Spectrin, a heterodimer of alpha- and beta-subunits, is the major protein component of the red blood cell membrane skeleton. The mouse mutation, sph, causes an alpha-spectrin-deficient hereditary spherocytosis with the severe phenotype typical of recessive hereditary spherocytosis in humans. The sph mutation maps to the erythroid alpha-spectrin locus, Spna1, on Chromosome 1. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...
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