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Analysis of a Novel Mexican Variant of the HBB Gene Associated with β-Thalassemia Using Bioinformatic Tools.
Hemoglobin - 1 Mar 2021
Martínez Villegas Octavio, Mendoza-Meléndez Diana, Trueba-Gómez Rocio, Rosenfeld-Mann Fany, Baptista-González Héctor A, Estrada-Juárez Higinio
Abstract excerpt
We present a study performed on 54 unrelated subjects, with and without thalassemic features. Two primer pairs were proposed to perform Sanger sequencing of the complete HBB gene. The bioinformatic analysis was performed taking advantage of the availability of free online tools. In the sample, we found 11 variants, 10 reported, and one novel. Among the variants found, six are clinically important: three encode a...
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