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Positional cloning of the zebrafish sauternes gene: a model for congenital sideroblastic anaemia.
Nature genetics - 1 Nov 1998
Brownlie A, Donovan A, Pratt S J, Paw B H, Oates A C, Brugnara C, Witkowska H E, Sassa S, Zon L I
Abstract excerpt
Many human anaemias are caused by defects in haemoglobin synthesis. The zebrafish mutant sauternes (sau) has a microcytic, hypochromic anaemia, suggesting that haemoglobin production is perturbed. During embryogenesis, sau mutants have delayed erythroid maturation and abnormal globin gene expression. Using positional cloning techniques, we show that sau encodes the erythroid-specific isoform of...
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