2011
Refinement of the hereditary xerocytosis locus on chromosome 16q in a large Canadian kindred
Houston BL, Zelinski T, Israels SJ, Coghlan G, Chodirker BN, Gallagher PG, Houston DS, Zarychanski R. Refinement of the hereditary xerocytosis locus on chromosome 16q in a large Canadian kindred. Blood Cells Molecules And Diseases 2011, 47: 226-231. PMID: 21944700, DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2011.08.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNormal hemoglobin levelsLarge CanadianProgressive iron loadingRed cell hemolysisCausative genetic mutationsHemoglobin levelsIndirect hyperbilirubinemiaAffected family membersClinical hallmarkHereditary xerocytosisMorphologic evaluationHemolytic processChromosome 16qTarget cellsOsmotic fragilityPhenotypic findingsGenetic mutationsDisease phenotypeCell hemolysisIron loadingFamily membersMode of inheritanceHemolysisHeterogeneous conditionCholelithiasis
1996
A nonsense mutation in the erythrocyte band 3 gene associated with decreased mRNA accumulation in a kindred with dominant hereditary spherocytosis.
Jenkins PB, Abou-Alfa GK, Dhermy D, Bursaux E, Féo C, Scarpa AL, Lux SE, Garbarz M, Forget BG, Gallagher PG. A nonsense mutation in the erythrocyte band 3 gene associated with decreased mRNA accumulation in a kindred with dominant hereditary spherocytosis. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1996, 97: 373-380. PMID: 8567957, PMCID: PMC507027, DOI: 10.1172/jci118425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBand 3 geneCytoplasmic domainNonsense mutationGenomic DNABand 3 cytoplasmic domainErythrocyte band 3 geneErythrocyte membrane mechanical stabilityEntire transmembrane domainBand 3Membrane mechanical stabilityBand 3 proteinTransmembrane domainNucleotide sequenceRT-PCRFamily membersStudy of erythrocytesMRNA accumulationSequence analysisAnion transport studiesBand 3 defectsTypical hereditary spherocytosisHS mutationsReticulocyte RNAUnaffected family membersRNA