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Mutation of a barrier insulator in the human ankyrin-1 gene is associated with hereditary spherocytosis.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Dec 2010
Gallagher Patrick G, Steiner Laurie A, Liem Robert I, Owen Ashley N, Cline Amanda P, Seidel Nancy E, Garrett Lisa J, Bodine David M
Abstract excerpt
Defects of the ankyrin-1 gene are the most common cause in humans of hereditary spherocytosis, an inherited anemia that affects patients of all ethnic groups. In some kindreds, linked -108/-153 nucleotide substitutions have been found in the upstream region of the ankyrin gene promoter that is active in erythroid cells. In vivo, the ankyrin erythroid promoter and its upstream region direct position-independent,...
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