Molecular analysis of hereditary elliptocytosis with reduced protein 4.1 in the French Northern Alps.

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Molecular analysis of hereditary elliptocytosis with reduced protein 4.1 in the French Northern Alps.

Blood - 15 Oct 1991

Feddal S, Brunet G, Roda L, Chabanis S, Alloisio N, Morlé L, Ducluzeau M T, Maréchal J, Robert J M, Benz E J

Abstract excerpt

4.1(-) hereditary elliptocytosis (HE) is a variety of elliptocytosis resulting from the reduction (heterozygosity) or the absence (homozygosity) of protein 4.1. It is nearly always encountered in its heterozygous form. It has been found among Caucasians and North Africans in a sporadic fashion. W...

Topics

Blotting, Southern
Blotting, Western
Cytoskeletal Proteins
Elliptocytosis, Hereditary
Erythrocyte Membrane
France
Humans
Membrane Proteins
Neuropeptides
Pedigree
Phenotype

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