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Human alpha2-globin nonsense-mediated mRNA decay induced by a novel alpha-thalassaemia frameshift mutation at codon 22.
British journal of haematology - 1 Apr 2006
Pereira Francisco J C, do Céu Silva Maria, Picanço Isabel, Seixas Maria T, Ferrão Anabela, Faustino Paula, Romão Luísa
Abstract excerpt
We describe a novel alpha-thalassaemia determinant in a 3-year-old girl presenting a mild microcytic and hypochromic anaemia, and normal haemoglobin A2 level. Molecular studies revealed heterozygosity for a novel microdeletion (-C) at codon 22 of the alpha2-globin gene. As the frameshift mutation generates a premature translation termination codon at position 48/49, we investigated the effect of the nonsense...
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