Article
Mouse model of human beta zero thalassemia: targeted deletion of the mouse beta maj- and beta min-globin genes in embryonic stem cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Sept 1995
Ciavatta D J, Ryan T M, Farmer S C, Townes T M
Abstract excerpt
beta zero-Thalassemia is an inherited disorder characterized by the absence of beta-globin polypeptides derived from the affected allele. The molecular basis for this deficiency is a mutation of the adult beta-globin structural gene or cis regulatory elements that control beta-globin gene express...
Topics
- Animals
- Blotting, Southern
- Chimera
- Crosses, Genetic
- Disease Models, Animal
- Embryo, Mammalian
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Fertility
- Gene Deletion
- Globins
- Hemoglobins
