Epidemiological studies of spectrin mutations related to hereditary elliptocytosis and spectrin polymorphisms in Benin
Glele‐Kakai C, Garbarz M, Lecomte M, Leborgne S, Galand C, Bournier O, Devaux I, Gautero H, Zohoun I, Gallagher P, Forget B, Dhermy D. Epidemiological studies of spectrin mutations related to hereditary elliptocytosis and spectrin polymorphisms in Benin. British Journal Of Haematology 1996, 95: 57-66. PMID: 8857939, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1869.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHereditary elliptocytosisGenetic backgroundAlpha-spectrin geneSeparate genetic backgroundsNumber of polymorphismsErythrocyte alpha-spectrinGenetic basisProtein polymorphismsAfrican populationsAlpha-spectrinSpectrin mutationsMolecular defectsMutationsNovel mutationsPolymorphismEpidemiological studiesHE individualsElliptocytosisTwo-thirdsGenesSpectrinPopulationHigh frequencyThe lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle.
Weed SA, Stabach PR, Oyer CE, Gallagher PG, Morrow JS. The lethal hemolytic mutation in beta I sigma 2 spectrin Providence yields a null phenotype in neonatal skeletal muscle. Laboratory Investigation 1996, 74: 1117-29. PMID: 8667615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta ISpectrin skeletonSkeletal muscleMost such mutationsGene transferAdult mouse skeletal muscleDominant-negative fashionErythroid lineage cellsNeonatal skeletal muscleCultured muscle cellsAlpha beta heterodimersErythrocyte shape abnormalitiesMuscle cellsMouse skeletal muscleDefective proteinSpectrin geneAlternative transcriptsHemolytic phenotypeCDNA constructsNull phenotypeC2C12 myoblastsBeta heterodimerSpectrin mutationsSedimentation velocity analysisIntracellular distribution