Article
Deletion in erythrocyte band 3 gene in malaria-resistant Southeast Asian ovalocytosis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Dec 1991
Jarolim P, Palek J, Amato D, Hassan K, Sapak P, Nurse G T, Rubin H L, Zhai S, Sahr K E, Liu S C
Abstract excerpt
Southeast Asian ovalocytosis (SAO) is a hereditary condition that is widespread in parts of Southeast Asia. The ovalocytic erythrocytes are rigid and resistant to invasion by various malarial parasites. We have previously found that the underlying defect in SAO involves band 3 protein, the major transmembrane protein, which has abnormal structure and function. We now report two linked mutations in the erythrocyte...
Topics
- Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte
- Asia, Southeastern
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Deletion
- Codon
- DNA
- Elliptocytosis, Hereditary
- Exons
- Female
- Humans
- Immunity, Innate
