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High-level expression of hemoglobin A in human thalassemic erythroid progenitor cells following lentiviral vector delivery of an antisense snRNA.
Blood - 1 Jan 2003
Vacek Marla M, Ma Hong, Gemignani Federica, Lacerra Giuseppina, Kafri Tal, Kole Ryszard
Abstract excerpt
Mutations at nucleotides 654, 705, or 745 in intron 2 of the human beta-globin gene activate aberrant 3' and 5' splice sites within the intron and prevent correct splicing of beta-globin pre-mRNA, resulting in inhibition of beta-globin synthesis and in consequence beta-thalassemia. Transfection of HeLa cells expressing the 3 thalassemic mutants with modified U7 snRNA (U7.623), containing a sequence antisense to a...
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