1995
Recurrent fatal hydrops fetalis associated with a nucleotide substitution in the erythrocyte beta-spectrin gene.
Gallagher PG, Weed SA, Tse WT, Benoit L, Morrow JS, Marchesi SL, Mohandas N, Forget BG. Recurrent fatal hydrops fetalis associated with a nucleotide substitution in the erythrocyte beta-spectrin gene. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 1995, 95: 1174-1182. PMID: 7883966, PMCID: PMC441455, DOI: 10.1172/jci117766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBeta-spectrin geneErythrocyte membrane mechanical stabilityPrincipal structural proteinMembrane mechanical stabilitySpectrin functionBeta spectrinErythrocyte membranesNucleotide substitutionsStudy of erythrocytesStructural proteinsAlpha-spectrinGenetic studiesMolecular defectsPoint mutationsSpectrinHydrops fetalisRecombinant peptideMutationsGenesSevere Coomb's negative hemolytic anemiaThird-trimester fetal loss
1993
Poikilocytic Hereditary Elliptocytosis Associated With Spectrin Alexandria: An al/50b Kd Variant That Is Caused by a Single Amino Acid Deletion
Gallagher P, Roberts W, Benoit L, Speicher D, Marchesi S, Forget B. Poikilocytic Hereditary Elliptocytosis Associated With Spectrin Alexandria: An al/50b Kd Variant That Is Caused by a Single Amino Acid Deletion. Blood 1993, 82: 2210-2215. PMID: 8400271, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v82.7.2210.2210.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRed blood cellsHereditary elliptocytosisPolymerase chain reactionHeterogeneous disorderBlood cellsSingle amino acid deletionImpaired abilityDifferent severityChain reactionKD variantAffected individualsAlpha iAbnormal peptideAmino acid deletionSpectrin dimer self-associationProteolytic cleavage sitesResidues 470KD peptidePosition 470Limited tryptic digestionAcid deletionProteolytic cleavageErythrocyte membranesAmino acid sequence analysisIndividuals