Regulators of Erythrocyte Volume as Modifiers in Sickle Cell Disease: The Gardos Channel.
Tian C, Okam M, Alper S, Steinberg M, Brugnara C, Gallagher P. Regulators of Erythrocyte Volume as Modifiers in Sickle Cell Disease: The Gardos Channel. Blood 2007, 110: 3387. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v110.11.3387.3387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchModifier genesMissense mutationsChannel genesSequence analysisErythrocyte hydrationSmaller mRNA speciesGenetic variantsReverse transcription-PCR analysisNucleotide sequence analysisBand 3Disease-associated mutationsCore promoter regionFunction of transportersBand 3 geneAquaporin-1 geneAberrant mRNAsSmaller transcriptMRNA speciesIdentification of targetsAquaporin 3 genePromoter regionSplice junctionsChannel proteinsChannel mRNARegion exons