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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 ac...
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