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
An 11-amino acid β-hairpin loop in the cytoplasmic domain of band 3 is responsible for ankyrin binding in mouse erythrocytes
Stefanovic M, Markham NO, Parry EM, Garrett-Beal LJ, Cline AP, Gallagher PG, Low PS, Bodine DM. An 11-amino acid β-hairpin loop in the cytoplasmic domain of band 3 is responsible for ankyrin binding in mouse erythrocytes. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2007, 104: 13972-13977. PMID: 17715300, PMCID: PMC1950715, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706266104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytoplasmic domainBeta-hairpin loopSpectrin-actinPlasma membraneBand 3Transmembrane protein band 3Β-hairpin loopProtein band 3Uncharacterized interactionMembrane proteinsProtein ankyrinCytoskeletal networkMembrane cytoskeletonCytoskeletal systemAnkyrinCurrent structural modelsErythrocyte membranesSLC4A1 geneLoop deletionComplete deficiencyDeletionMembraneMouse erythrocytesStructural supportDomain
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