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Molecular Defect of the Band 3 Protein in Southeast Asian Ovalocytosis
29 Nov 1990
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Southeast Asian ovalocytosis is a form of hereditary elliptocytosis in which the red cells are rigid and resistant to malaria invasion. The underlying molecular defect is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS: We studied the red cells of 54 patients with ovalocytosis and 122 normal controls. We found that ovalocytes contain a structurally and functionally abnormal band 3 protein, the principal transmembrane...
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