2010
A Fused α-β “Mini-spectrin” Mimics the Intact Erythrocyte Spectrin Head-to-head Tetramer*
Harper SL, Li D, Maksimova Y, Gallagher PG, Speicher DW. A Fused α-β “Mini-spectrin” Mimics the Intact Erythrocyte Spectrin Head-to-head Tetramer*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2010, 285: 11003-11012. PMID: 20139081, PMCID: PMC2856305, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.083048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomimeticsChromatography, GelChromatography, High Pressure LiquidCross-Linking ReagentsDimerizationErythrocytesHumansProtein ConformationProtein MultimerizationSpectrinConceptsN-terminal regionFull-length dimerC-terminal regionRed cell membrane integrityGel filtration analysisLateral associationCell membrane integrityOligomeric stateFusion proteinAlpha-spectrinTetramer formationBeta subunitC-terminalN-terminalConformational statesFunctional studiesFiltration analysisMembrane integritySpectrin heterodimersTerminal peptidesDimer interactionsDistinct groupsSpectrinSpectrin dimersProtein
2008
Ankyrin‐linked hereditary spherocytosis in an African–American kindred
Sangerman J, Maksimova Y, Edelman EJ, Morrow JS, Forget BG, Gallagher PG. Ankyrin‐linked hereditary spherocytosis in an African–American kindred. American Journal Of Hematology 2008, 83: 789-794. PMID: 18704959, PMCID: PMC11304496, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInitiator methionineNull allelesErythrocyte membrane protein genesMembrane protein geneRabbit reticulocyte lysateTissue-specific promotersErythrocyte membrane skeletonExon 1 sequencesIsoform diversityAlternative splicingTranslation initiationProtein geneAnkyrin geneMembrane skeletonAlternate polyadenylationPlasma membraneReticulocyte lysateMethionine mutationCOOH terminusErythroid cellsDownstream codonsGenomic DNANumerous isoformsAnkyrinGenes
2007
A complex splicing defect associated with homozygous ankyrin-deficient hereditary spherocytosis
Edelman EJ, Maksimova Y, Duru F, Altay C, Gallagher PG. A complex splicing defect associated with homozygous ankyrin-deficient hereditary spherocytosis. Blood 2007, 109: 5491-5493. PMID: 17327413, PMCID: PMC1890827, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-09-046573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnkyrinsChromatography, High Pressure LiquidDNA Mutational AnalysisExonsFamily HealthHomozygoteHumansMutationRNA SplicingSpherocytosis, HereditaryTurkey