Rapid detection of the common Mediterranean alpha-globin deletions/rearrangements using PCR.

Abstract excerpt

The most frequent molecular lesions causing alpha-thalassemia are deletions of one or more alpha-globin genes. Detection of these deletions generally requires genomic Southern analysis, which is cumbersome and time consuming. We have designed new sets of primers for PCR identification of the comm...

Topics

• Alleles
• DNA Primers
• Gene Amplification
• Gene Deletion
• Gene Rearrangement
• Genetic Testing
• Genotype
• Globins
• Heterozygote
• Humans
• Mediterranean Region
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• alpha-Thalassemia