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Heterozygosity for the Novel HBA2: c.*91_*92delTA Polyadenylation Site Variant on the α2-Globin Gene Expanding the Genetic Spectrum of α-Thalassemia in Iran.
Hemoglobin - 1 Nov 2020
Forouzesh Pour Fatemeh, Karimi Keyvan, Ghaderi Zhila, Tavakoli Koudehi Ameneh, Najmabadi Hossein
Abstract excerpt
There are four copy numbers of α-globin genes (16p13.3) in the human genome and the number of defective α-globin genes dictates the severity of α-thalassemia (α-thal). Mutations that occur in the 3' untranslated region (3'UTR), and especially at the polyadenylation (polyA) sites, affect the translation, stability and export of mRNA. A patient with hypochromic microcytic anemia was referred to the...
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