2018
Pklr Intron Splicing-Associated Mutations and Alternate Diagnoses Are Common in Pyruvate Kinase Deficient Patients with Single or No Pklr Coding Mutations
Lezon-Geyda K, Rose M, McNaull M, Knoll C, Yaish H, Pastore Y, Fermi E, Glader B, Bianchi P, Grace R, Gallagher P. Pklr Intron Splicing-Associated Mutations and Alternate Diagnoses Are Common in Pyruvate Kinase Deficient Patients with Single or No Pklr Coding Mutations. Blood 2018, 132: 3607. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-99-117805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhole-genome sequencingPyruvate kinase-deficient patientsSplice siteDonor splice sitePyruvate kinasePK-deficient patientsGenome sequencingPKLR geneSequence analysisWhole-exome sequencingIntron mutationsDominant negative phenotypeExon 7Exon 10Detailed sequence analysisPyruvate kinase geneDisease-associated variantsRare genetic variantsNormal mRNA processingSplice acceptor siteRegion mutationsIntron retentionErythroid promoterGenome databasePremature chain termination
2007
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
1996
A nonsense mutation in the erythrocyte band 3 gene associated with decreased mRNA accumulation in a kindred with dominant hereditary spherocytosis.
Jenkins PB, Abou-Alfa GK, Dhermy D, Bursaux E, Féo C, Scarpa AL, Lux SE, Garbarz M, Forget BG, Gallagher PG. A nonsense mutation in the erythrocyte band 3 gene associated with decreased mRNA accumulation in a kindred with dominant hereditary spherocytosis. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1996, 97: 373-380. PMID: 8567957, PMCID: PMC507027, DOI: 10.1172/jci118425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBand 3 geneCytoplasmic domainNonsense mutationGenomic DNABand 3 cytoplasmic domainErythrocyte band 3 geneErythrocyte membrane mechanical stabilityEntire transmembrane domainBand 3Membrane mechanical stabilityBand 3 proteinTransmembrane domainNucleotide sequenceRT-PCRFamily membersStudy of erythrocytesMRNA accumulationSequence analysisAnion transport studiesBand 3 defectsTypical hereditary spherocytosisHS mutationsReticulocyte RNAUnaffected family membersRNA