2001
Development of a Stable Retrovirus Vector Capable of Long‐Term Expression of γ‐Globin mRNA in Mouse Erythrocytes
SABATINO D, SEIDEL N, CLINE A, ANDERSON S, GALLAGHER P, BODINE D. Development of a Stable Retrovirus Vector Capable of Long‐Term Expression of γ‐Globin mRNA in Mouse Erythrocytes. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 2001, 938: 246-261. PMID: 11458514, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03595.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGamma-globin geneLocus control regionGamma-globin mRNARetrovirus vectorHematopoietic stem cellsGene promoterHuman gamma-globin geneMouse alpha-globin mRNAGlobin gene promoterAlpha-globin mRNAStem cellsMature red blood cellsNumber-dependent expressionMouse progenitor cellsΓ-globin mRNAGlobin genesControl regionLevel of expressionStable gene transferGenesGene transferPromoterProgenitor cellsGene therapyMRNA
1997
Spectrin St Claude, a Splicing Mutation of the Human α-Spectrin Gene Associated With Severe Poikilocytic Anemia
Fournier C, Nicolas G, Gallagher P, Dhermy D, Grandchamp B, Lecomte M. Spectrin St Claude, a Splicing Mutation of the Human α-Spectrin Gene Associated With Severe Poikilocytic Anemia. Blood 1997, 89: 4584-4590. PMID: 9192783, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v89.12.4584.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlpha-spectrin chainAcceptor splice siteSplice siteSplicing mutationAlpha-spectrin geneΑ-spectrin geneExon 20New acceptor splice siteMolecular basisTermination codonNovel mRNAInsertion upstreamTract mutationsTryptic digestionMutationsG mutationGenesMRNAHeterozygous parentsErythrocyte membranesMembraneFrame skippingCodonSitesVariants