2006
Major erythrocyte membrane protein genes in EKLF-deficient mice
Nilson DG, Sabatino DE, Bodine DM, Gallagher PG. Major erythrocyte membrane protein genes in EKLF-deficient mice. Experimental Hematology 2006, 34: 705-712. PMID: 16728274, DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.02.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErythrocyte membrane protein genesMembrane protein geneWild-type backgroundBand 3 geneProtein geneErythroid Krüppel-like factorGamma-globinGamma-globin mRNA levelsLevel of transcriptionGamma-globin expressionFull transcriptional activityKrüppel-like factorBeta-spectrin geneBand 3 mRNAGamma-globin mRNABeta-globin geneSteady-state mRNA levelsEmbryonic lethalityMRNA levelsEKLFAnkyrin promoterMembrane genesTranscriptional activityGlobin chain imbalanceErythroid cells
1999
A Human β-Spectrin Gene Promoter Directs High Level Expression in Erythroid but Not Muscle or Neural Cells*
Gallagher P, Sabatino D, Romana M, Cline A, Garrett L, Bodine D, Forget B. A Human β-Spectrin Gene Promoter Directs High Level Expression in Erythroid but Not Muscle or Neural Cells*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1999, 274: 6062-6073. PMID: 10037687, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.10.6062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta-spectrin geneGene promoterHigh-level expressionGATA-1Regulatory elementsReporter geneErythroid tissuesPromoter/reporter plasmidsGel mobility shift assaysLevel expressionGATA-1 motifsFull promoter activityTissue-specific expressionMobility shift assaysAdditional regulatory elementsErythrocyte membrane proteinsHuman tissue culture cell linesTissue culture cell linesErythroid promoterMembrane proteinsShift assaysBeta spectrinHeterologous cellsCell shapeDNase I
1995
Recurrent fatal hydrops fetalis associated with a nucleotide substitution in the erythrocyte beta-spectrin gene.
Gallagher PG, Weed SA, Tse WT, Benoit L, Morrow JS, Marchesi SL, Mohandas N, Forget BG. Recurrent fatal hydrops fetalis associated with a nucleotide substitution in the erythrocyte beta-spectrin gene. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1995, 95: 1174-1182. PMID: 7883966, PMCID: PMC441455, DOI: 10.1172/jci117766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta-spectrin geneErythrocyte membrane mechanical stabilityPrincipal structural proteinMembrane mechanical stabilitySpectrin functionBeta spectrinErythrocyte membranesNucleotide substitutionsStudy of erythrocytesStructural proteinsAlpha-spectrinGenetic studiesMolecular defectsPoint mutationsSpectrinHydrops fetalisRecombinant peptideMutationsGenesSevere Coomb's negative hemolytic anemiaThird-trimester fetal loss
1991
An insertional frameshift mutation of the beta-spectrin gene associated with elliptocytosis in spectrin nice (beta 220/216).
Tse W, Gallagher P, Pothier B, Costa F, Scarpa A, Delaunay J, Forget B. An insertional frameshift mutation of the beta-spectrin gene associated with elliptocytosis in spectrin nice (beta 220/216). Blood 1991, 78: 517-23. PMID: 2070088, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v78.2.517.bloodjournal782517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpectrin Rouen (beta 220-218), a novel shortened beta-chain variant in a kindred with hereditary elliptocytosis. Characterization of the molecular defect as exon skipping due to a splice site mutation.
Garbarz M, Tse WT, Gallagher PG, Picat C, Lecomte MC, Galibert F, Dhermy D, Forget BG. Spectrin Rouen (beta 220-218), a novel shortened beta-chain variant in a kindred with hereditary elliptocytosis. Characterization of the molecular defect as exon skipping due to a splice site mutation. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1991, 88: 76-81. PMID: 2056132, PMCID: PMC296005, DOI: 10.1172/jci115307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta-spectrin chainBeta-spectrin geneCDNA amplification productsAmino acidsExon YGenomic DNANucleotide sequencingExample of exonMolecular defectsAnalysis of cDNAAmplification productsHereditary elliptocytosisConsensus splice sitesNovel amino acidCarboxy terminusIntron downstreamSplice siteSplice site mutationSouthern blotExonsExon skipReticulocyte RNACDNAPenultimate exonSite mutation