Alpha-globin genes were analyzed by the direct method of DNA mapping using alpha- and zeta-globin specific probes in a Thai family in which the proposita was an unusually mild beta zero-thalassemia homozygote. alpha zero-Thalassemia was found to be segregating in the family, inherited from the propo
A β-thalassemia mutant caused by a 300-bp deletion in the human β-globin gene
✍ Scribed by C. Aulchla-Scholz; R. Spiegelberg; J. Horst
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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