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Molecular basis for membrane rigidity of hereditary ovalocytosis. A novel mechanism involving the cytoplasmic domain of band 3.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Feb 1992
Mohandas N, Winardi R, Knowles D, Leung A, Parra M, George E, Conboy J, Chasis J
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary ovalocytic red cells are characterized by a marked increase in membrane rigidity and resistance to invasion by malarial parasites. The underlying molecular defect in ovalocytes remained a mystery until Liu and colleagues (N. Engl. J. Med. 1990. 323:1530-38) made the surprising observation that the ovalocytic phenotype was linked to a structural polymorphism in band 3, the anion transporter. We have now...
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