2011
A de novo band 3 mutation in hereditary spherocytosis
Bogardus HH, Maksimova YD, Forget BG, Gallagher PG. A de novo band 3 mutation in hereditary spherocytosis. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2011, 58: 1004-1004. PMID: 22170767, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.23400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdultAnion Exchange Protein 1, ErythrocyteChildElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelFemaleHumansMaleMutationPedigreeSpherocytosis, Hereditary
2010
A Comprehensive Model of the Spectrin Divalent Tetramer Binding Region Deduced Using Homology Modeling and Chemical Cross-linking of a Mini-spectrin [S] *
Li D, Harper SL, Tang HY, Maksimova Y, Gallagher PG, Speicher DW. A Comprehensive Model of the Spectrin Divalent Tetramer Binding Region Deduced Using Homology Modeling and Chemical Cross-linking of a Mini-spectrin [S] *. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2010, 285: 29535-29545. PMID: 20610390, PMCID: PMC2937985, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.145573.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHelix faceRed cell membrane stabilityHomology modelingNon-homologous tailsCell membrane stabilityC-terminal tailWild-type bindingMedium-resolution structureSubtle conformational changesTetramer complexSpectrin tetramer formationChemical Cross-LinkingMembrane skeletonRecombinant domainsTetramer formation
2000
Gene transfer to ankyrin-deficient bone marrow corrects spherocytosis in vitro
Dooner G, Barker J, Gallagher P, Debatis M, Brown A, Forget B, Becker P. Gene transfer to ankyrin-deficient bone marrow corrects spherocytosis in vitro. Experimental Hematology 2000, 28: 765-774. PMID: 10907638, DOI: 10.1016/s0301-472x(00)00185-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnkyrinsBlotting, WesternBone MarrowCell LineElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelErythropoietinGene Transfer TechniquesGenetic TherapyHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CRetroviridaeReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSpherocytosis, HereditaryConceptsMEL cellsAnkyrin promoterGene transferDependence of expressionMurine bone marrow cellsMurine erythroleukemia cellsNormal murine bone marrow cellsRetroviral vectorsNbs mutantsMutant bone marrowMurine 3T3 fibroblastsNB cellsAnkyrin proteinsMutant cellsPolymerase chain reactionErythroid differentiation culturesHuman hemolytic anemiasColony polymerase chain reactionRT-PCRErythroid expressionBone marrow progenitorsErythroleukemia cellsDifferentiation culturesAnkyrinWestern blot analysis