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Analysis of novel sph (spherocytosis) alleles in mice reveals allele-specific loss of band 3 and adducin in alpha-spectrin-deficient red cells.
Blood - 4 Mar 2010
Robledo Raymond F, Lambert Amy J, Birkenmeier Connie S, Cirlan Marius V, Cirlan Andreea Flavia M, Campagna Dean R, Lux Samuel E, Peters Luanne L
Abstract excerpt
Five spontaneous, allelic mutations in the alpha-spectrin gene, Spna1, have been identified in mice (spherocytosis [sph], sph(1J), sph(2J), sph(2BC), sph(Dem)). All cause severe hemolytic anemia. Here, analysis of 3 new alleles reveals previously unknown consequences of red blood cell (RBC) spectrin deficiency. In sph(3J), a missense mutation (H2012Y) in repeat 19 introduces a cryptic splice site resulting in...
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