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Beta+45 G --> C: a novel silent beta-thalassaemia mutation, the first in the Kozak sequence.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jan 2004
De Angioletti Maria, Lacerra Giuseppina, Sabato Vincenzo, Carestia Clementina
Abstract excerpt
A family from the Southeast of Italy was found to have a novel beta-globin mutant, beta+45 G-->C, with the features of a silent beta-thalassaemia mutation. It was asymptomatic in two heterozygotes, but its interaction with the severe thalassaemia mutation beta-IVS-II-654 C-->T worsened the haematological and biosynthetic phenotype in two compound heterozygotes; moreover, another compound heterozygote, who was...
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