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A haemoglobin switching activity modulates hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Papayannopoulou T, Tatsis B, Kurachi S, Nakamoto B, Stamatoyannopoulos G
Abstract excerpt
During human development there is a switch from fetal to adult haemoglobin formation, reflecting the differential expression of fetal (G gamma and A gamma) and adult (beta and delta) globin genes. Mutations that inhibit this switch produce variants of the syndrome of hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin (HPFH). Adult heterozygotes for these mutants produce 15-30% fetal haemoglobin (HbF) in their red cells....
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