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zeta-/- Thalassemic mice are affected by two modifying loci and display unanticipated somatic recombination leading to inherited variation.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Mar 2005
Leder Aya, McMenamin Jennifer, Fontaine Karen, Bishop Alexander, Leder Philip
Abstract excerpt
Thalassemia is a disease caused by a variety of mutations affecting both the adult and embryonic alpha- and beta-globin loci. A mouse strain carrying an embryonic zeta-globin gene disrupted by the insertion of a PGK-Neo cassette displays an alpha-thalassemia-like syndrome. Embryonic survival of this zeta-null mouse is variable and strongly influenced by genetic background, the 129/SvEv mouse strain displaying a...
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