2017
A variant Sp1 (R218Q) transcription factor might enhance HbF expression in β0‐thalassaemia homozygotes
Jiang Z, Luo H, Farrell JJ, Zhang Z, Schulz VP, Albarawi D, Steinberg MH, Al‐Allawi N, Gallagher PG, Forget BG, Chui DHK. A variant Sp1 (R218Q) transcription factor might enhance HbF expression in β0‐thalassaemia homozygotes. British Journal Of Haematology 2017, 180: 755-757. PMID: 28240767, DOI: 10.1111/bjh.14445.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
The genetic basis of asymptomatic codon 8 frame‐shift (HBB:c25_26delAA) β0‐thalassaemia homozygotes
Jiang Z, Luo HY, Huang S, Farrell JJ, Davis L, Théberge R, Benson KA, Riolueang S, Viprakasit V, Al-Allawi NA, Ünal S, Gümrük F, Akar N, Başak AN, Osorio L, Badens C, Pissard S, Joly P, Campbell AD, Gallagher PG, Steinberg MH, Forget BG, Chui DH. The genetic basis of asymptomatic codon 8 frame‐shift (HBB:c25_26delAA) β0‐thalassaemia homozygotes. British Journal Of Haematology 2016, 172: 958-965. PMID: 26771086, DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13909.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 Research
1997
Mutation of a highly conserved residue of betaI spectrin associated with fatal and near-fatal neonatal hemolytic anemia.
Gallagher PG, Petruzzi MJ, Weed SA, Zhang Z, Marchesi SL, Mohandas N, Morrow JS, Forget BG. Mutation of a highly conserved residue of betaI spectrin associated with fatal and near-fatal neonatal hemolytic anemia. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1997, 99: 267-277. PMID: 9005995, PMCID: PMC507794, DOI: 10.1172/jci119155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnemia, Hemolytic, CongenitalArginineBase SequenceConserved SequenceErythrocyte MembraneFemaleHomozygoteHumansHydrops FetalisLaosLeucineMaleMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularMuscle, SkeletalPedigreePeptide MappingPoint MutationPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein ConformationSequence Analysis, DNASpectrinConceptsImportance of leucineEvolutionary conservationSpectrin functionSpectrin repeatsBeta spectrinBetaI spectrinTriple helical modelGenetic studiesSpectrinMutationsSkeletal muscleMolecular modelingTriple helixNormal functionHelical modelLeucineErythrocyte membranesDrosophilaHydrophobic interactionsNeonatal hemolytic anemiaRepeatsHelixConservationResiduesMembrane
1996
The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle.
Weed SA, Stabach PR, Oyer CE, Gallagher PG, Morrow JS. The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle. Laboratory Investigation 1996, 74: 1117-29. PMID: 8667615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta ISpectrin skeletonSkeletal muscleMost such mutationsGene transferAdult mouse skeletal muscleDominant-negative fashionErythroid lineage cellsNeonatal skeletal muscleCultured muscle cellsAlpha beta heterodimersErythrocyte shape abnormalitiesMuscle cellsMouse skeletal muscleDefective proteinSpectrin geneAlternative transcriptsHemolytic phenotypeCDNA constructsNull phenotypeC2C12 myoblastsBeta heterodimerSpectrin mutationsSedimentation velocity analysisIntracellular distribution