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Molecular analysis of the human fetal-to-adult globin switching.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Jan 1995
Katsube T, Fucharoen S, Tojo H, Fukumaki Y
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH) is a condition characterized by continued expression of the gamma-globin gene in adult life. Analysis of a Japanese HPFH family had revealed that the C-T transition at position -114 within the distal CCAAT box of the gamma-globin gene associated with the HPFH allele. In the vicinity of the distal CCAAT box, other two mutations (-117 C-T, 13 bp del) had been...
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