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Molecular basis of β-thalassemia in Thailand: analysis of β-thalassemia mutations using the polymerase chain reaction

✍ Scribed by Supan Fucharoen; Goonnapa Fucharoen; Winionman Sriroongrueng; Vichai Laosombat; Arunee Jetsrisuparb; Sutthipan Prasatkaew; Voravarn S. Tanphaichitr; Vinai Suvatte; Soodsarkorn Tuchinda; Yasuyuki Fukumaki

Publisher
Springer
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
730 KB
Volume
84
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-6717

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✦ Synopsis

beta-Thalassemia mutations in 71 chromosomes of Thai patients from the northeast, the middle and the south of the country were investigated using dot blot hybridization of PCR (polymerase chain reaction)-amplified DNA with allele-specific oligonucleotide probes. Eight different known molecular defects were detected, at different frequencies. There was an amber mutation in codon 17, a C-T transversion at position 654 of IVS-2, a frameshift mutation between codons 71 and 72, an A-G transition at nucleotide -28 within the TATA box (known as Chinese mutations), a G-T transversion at position 1 of IVS-1 (an Indian mutation), a 4 bp deletion in codons 41/42 and a G-C transversion at position 5 of IVS-1 (described as both Chinese and Indian mutations) and a Thai original mutation, an ochre mutation in codon 35. Analysis of the three unknown alleles by DNA sequencing of the cloned DNA fragment amplified by PCR revealed an A-G substitution at the second position of the codon for amino acid 19 (AAC-AGC). The analytic approach used in the present study and the characteristic distribution of mutations in each region of Thailand will prove useful for setting up a prenatal diagnosis program.

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