1997
Amino‐acid substitution in α‐spectrin commonly coinherited with nondominant hereditary spherocytosis
Tse W, Gallagher P, Jenkins P, Wang Y, Benoit L, Speicher D, Winkelmann J, Agre P, Forget B, Marchesi S. Amino‐acid substitution in α‐spectrin commonly coinherited with nondominant hereditary spherocytosis. American Journal Of Hematology 1997, 54: 233-241. PMID: 9067503, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199703)54:3<233::aid-ajh10>3.0.co;2-e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHereditary spherocytosisAlpha-spectrin geneNumber of patientsSevere hemolytic anemiaAmino acid substitutionsHemolytic anemiaPatientsPatterns of transmissionDifferent kindredsPolymorphic variantsAffected individualsErythrocyte spectrinGene defectsGenomic DNA analysisTrue homozygotesDisordersSpherocytosisSpectrin chainsGenomic DNAAlpha-spectrinKindredsLinkage disequilibriumΑ-spectrinAmino acidsDomain peptide
1993
Poikilocytic Hereditary Elliptocytosis Associated With Spectrin Alexandria: An al/50b Kd Variant That Is Caused by a Single Amino Acid Deletion
Gallagher P, Roberts W, Benoit L, Speicher D, Marchesi S, Forget B. Poikilocytic Hereditary Elliptocytosis Associated With Spectrin Alexandria: An al/50b Kd Variant That Is Caused by a Single Amino Acid Deletion. Blood 1993, 82: 2210-2215. PMID: 8400271, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v82.7.2210.2210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cellsHereditary elliptocytosisPolymerase chain reactionHeterogeneous disorderBlood cellsSingle amino acid deletionImpaired abilityDifferent severityChain reactionKD variantAffected individualsAlpha iAbnormal peptideAmino acid deletionSpectrin dimer self-associationProteolytic cleavage sitesResidues 470KD peptidePosition 470Limited tryptic digestionAcid deletionProteolytic cleavageErythrocyte membranesAmino acid sequence analysisIndividualsPoikilocytic hereditary elliptocytosis associated with spectrin Alexandria: an alpha I/50b Kd variant that is caused by a single amino acid deletion
Gallagher P, Roberts W, Benoit L, Speicher D, Marchesi S, Forget B. Poikilocytic hereditary elliptocytosis associated with spectrin Alexandria: an alpha I/50b Kd variant that is caused by a single amino acid deletion. Blood 1993, 82: 2210-2215. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v82.7.2210.bloodjournal8272210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRed blood cellsHereditary elliptocytosisPolymerase chain reactionHeterogeneous disorderBlood cellsSingle amino acid deletionImpaired abilityDifferent severityChain reactionKD variantAffected individualsAlpha iAbnormal peptideAmino acid deletionSpectrin dimer self-associationProteolytic cleavage sitesResidues 470KD peptidePosition 470Limited tryptic digestionAcid deletionProteolytic cleavageErythrocyte membranesAmino acid sequence analysisIndividuals