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The Corfu deltabeta thalassemia deletion disrupts gamma-globin gene silencing and reveals post-transcriptional regulation of HbF expression.
Blood - 1 Mar 2005
Chakalova Lyubomira, Osborne Cameron S, Dai Yan-Feng, Goyenechea Beatriz, Metaxotou-Mavromati Anna, Kattamis Antonios, Kattamis Christos, Fraser Peter
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The 7.2 kilobase (kb) Corfu deltabeta thalassemia mutation is the smallest known deletion encompassing a region upstream of the human delta gene that has been suggested to account for the vastly different phenotypes in hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) versus beta thalassemia. Fet...
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