2008
Red cell membrane: past, present, and future
Mohandas N, Gallagher PG. Red cell membrane: past, present, and future. Blood 2008, 112: 3939-3948. PMID: 18988878, PMCID: PMC2582001, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-07-161166.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed cell membraneCell membraneCell typesDiverse cell typesHuman cell typesOnly structural componentNatural selectionTransmembrane proteinSkeletal proteinsFunctional characterizationPlasma membraneMembrane envelopeNon-nucleated red cellsMembrane functionRed cell abnormalitiesProteinMembraneDisease statesCellsStructural componentsRed cellsNew lightUnexpected revelationExciting fieldCell abnormalities
2003
Variegated Expression from the Murine Band 3 (AE1) Promoter in Transgenic Mice Is Associated with mRNA Transcript Initiation at Upstream Start Sites and Can Be Suppressed by the Addition of the Chicken β-Globin 5′ HS4 Insulator Element
Frazar TF, Weisbein JL, Anderson SM, Cline AP, Garrett LJ, Felsenfeld G, Gallagher PG, Bodine DM. Variegated Expression from the Murine Band 3 (AE1) Promoter in Transgenic Mice Is Associated with mRNA Transcript Initiation at Upstream Start Sites and Can Be Suppressed by the Addition of the Chicken β-Globin 5′ HS4 Insulator Element. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2003, 23: 4753-4763. PMID: 12832463, PMCID: PMC162203, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.14.4753-4763.2003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStart siteGamma-globin mRNAUpstream start siteVariegated expressionInsulator elementsHuman gamma-globin geneGamma-globin proteinPosition-effect variegationGamma-globin geneErythroid-specific expressionHS4 insulator elementsBeta-globin clusterHigh steady-state levelsTransgenic mouse assaysErythrocyte membrane skeletonTransgenic miceTransgene copy numberTranscript initiationCytoplasmic domainTransmembrane proteinSteady-state levelsRNA transcriptionMembrane skeletonGene promoterBeta spectrin