Aberrant splicing contributes to severe α-spectrin-linked congenital hemolytic anemia
Gallagher PG, Maksimova Y, Lezon-Geyda K, Newburger PE, Medeiros D, Hanson RD, Rothman J, Israels S, Wall DA, Sidonio RF, Sieff C, Gowans LK, Mittal N, Rivera-Santiago R, Speicher DW, Baserga SJ, Schulz VP. Aberrant splicing contributes to severe α-spectrin-linked congenital hemolytic anemia. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2019, 129: 2878-2887. PMID: 31038472, PMCID: PMC6597203, DOI: 10.1172/jci127195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecessive hereditary spherocytosisSplice acceptor siteHuman genetic diseasesMRNA stability studiesAberrant splicing contributesSplicing contributesWhole-genome sequencingSplicing analysisHereditary pyropoikilocytosisTermination codonNull allelesGenome sequencingWhole-exome sequencingBranch pointsNumerous mutationsGenetic diseasesLinkage disequilibriumMRNA transcriptsΑ-spectrinMinigene studiesAcceptor sitesMutationsExome sequencingNew targets