2005
A novel splicing mutation of the α-spectrin gene in the original hereditary pyropoikilocytosis kindred
Costa DB, Lozovatsky L, Gallagher PG, Forget BG. A novel splicing mutation of the α-spectrin gene in the original hereditary pyropoikilocytosis kindred. Blood 2005, 106: 4367-4369. PMID: 16150946, PMCID: PMC1895230, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-05-1813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrame premature termination codonsRed blood cell membrane skeletonCell membrane skeletonΑ-spectrin geneHereditary pyropoikilocytosisPremature termination codonConsensus splice sitesTissue culture cellsNovel splicing mutationMembrane skeletonIntronic fragmentTermination codonGene transcriptsAlpha-spectrinAbnormal splicingSplice siteStructural variantsGene transferMolecular defectsSplicing mutationCulture cellsAllelesExon 22TranscriptsMutations
1996
The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle.
Weed SA, Stabach PR, Oyer CE, Gallagher PG, Morrow JS. The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle. Laboratory Investigation 1996, 74: 1117-29. PMID: 8667615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta ISpectrin skeletonSkeletal muscleMost such mutationsGene transferAdult mouse skeletal muscleDominant-negative fashionErythroid lineage cellsNeonatal skeletal muscleCultured muscle cellsAlpha beta heterodimersErythrocyte shape abnormalitiesMuscle cellsMouse skeletal muscleDefective proteinSpectrin geneAlternative transcriptsHemolytic phenotypeCDNA constructsNull phenotypeC2C12 myoblastsBeta heterodimerSpectrin mutationsSedimentation velocity analysisIntracellular distribution