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Globin mRNA in beta-thalassemia heterozygotes with different beta-thalassemia alleles and in heterozygotes for hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin.
Acta haematologica - 1 Jan 1996
Smetanina N S, Adekile A D, Huisman T H
Abstract excerpt
Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to determine the alpha 2/alpha 1-, alpha/beta-, and gamma/beta-mRNA ratios in subjects with beta-thalassemia (beta-thal), hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH), and normal adults. The alpha- and beta-globin gene mutations were characterized with gene mapping, PCR, and DNA sequencing. The average alpha 2/alpha 1-mRNA ratio was the same...
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