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
1996
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 frequency