Article
Presence of allele alphaLELY in an Amazonian Indian population.
American journal of hematology - 1 Mar 1998
Bassères D S, Salles T S, Costa F F, Saad S T
Abstract excerpt
Allele alphaLELY is a low-expression allele of the erythroid spectrin alpha-chain that is characterized by a C --> G mutation at position alpha1857 in exon 40 and a C --> T (nt -12) mutation in intron 45. This second mutation is probably responsible for the partial skipping of exon 46. This exon...
Topics
- Alleles
- Black People
- Brazil
- DNA
- DNA Primers
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Indians, South American
- Spectrin
- White People