| Literature DB >> 2449927 |
S Ottolenghi1, S Nicolis, R Taramelli, N Malgaretti, R Mantovani, P Comi, B Giglioni, M Longinotti, F Dore, L Oggiano.
Abstract
A survey of hemoglobinopathies in Northern Sardinia allowed the identification of two subjects heterozygous for a new type of G gamma hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH). The G gamma-globin gene from the HPFH chromosome shows the presence of a T----C substitution 175 nucleotides upstream of the CAP site, adding a new example of single-point mutations occurring in the promoter region of the gamma-globin genes and linked to HPFH phenotypes. In this case the mutation affects the 3' end nucleotide of a conserved octamer sequence known to be present in other regulatory elements of several genes.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2449927
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Blood ISSN: 0006-4971 Impact factor: 22.113