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Extensive gene deletions in Japanese patients with Diamond-Blackfan anemia.
Blood - 8 Mar 2012
Kuramitsu Madoka, Sato-Otsubo Aiko, Morio Tomohiro, Takagi Masatoshi, Toki Tsutomu, Terui Kiminori, Wang RuNan, Kanno Hitoshi, Ohga Shouichi, Ohara Akira, Kojima Seiji, Kitoh Toshiyuki, Goi Kumiko, Kudo Kazuko, Matsubayashi Tadashi, Mizue Nobuo, Ozeki Michio, Masumi Atsuko, Momose Haruka, Takizawa Kazuya, Mizukami Takuo, Yamaguchi Kazunari, Ogawa Seishi, Ito Etsuro, Hamaguchi Isao
Abstract excerpt
Fifty percent of Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) patients possess mutations in genes coding for ribosomal proteins (RPs). To identify new mutations, we investigated large deletions in the RP genes RPL5, RPL11, RPL35A, RPS7, RPS10, RPS17, RPS19, RPS24, and RPS26. We developed an easy method based on quantitative-PCR in which the threshold cycle correlates to gene copy number. Using this approach, we were able to...
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