Identification and Characterization of α-Spectrin Mutations Associated with Inherited Hemolytic Anemia.
Tolpinrud W, Gaetani M, Maksimova Y, Mootien S, Harper S, Forget B, Speicher D, Gallagher P. Identification and Characterization of α-Spectrin Mutations Associated with Inherited Hemolytic Anemia. Blood 2007, 110: 1706. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v110.11.1706.1706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWild typeMissense mutationsSelf-association siteMembrane skeletonΑ-spectrinHereditary elliptocytosisProline substitutionSpectrin peptidesHereditary pyropoikilocytosisCommon protein polymorphismHPLC gel filtrationHuman disease pathogenesisCharacterization of variantsErythrocyte membrane skeletonMajor structural componentTriple-helical configurationMembrane biologyDifferent missense mutationsSpectrin gene