A functional promoter polymorphism of the δ-globin gene is a specific marker of the Arab-Indian haplotype
Am J Hematol
.
2012 Aug;87(8):824-6.
doi: 10.1002/ajh.23239.
Epub 2012 May 28.
Authors
Abdulrahman Alsultan
1
,
Duyen A Ngo
,
John J Farrell
,
Idowu Akinsheye
,
Nadia Solovieff
,
Hazem A Ghabbour
,
Amein Al-Ali
,
Ahmed Alsuliman
,
Muneer Al-Baghshi
,
Waleed Albu-Ali
,
Mohammed Alabdulaali
,
Clinton T Baldwin
,
Lindsay A Farrer
,
Hong Luo
,
Efthymia Melista
,
Surinder Safaya
,
Maxwell Nwaru Jr
,
David H K Chui
,
Martin H Steinberg
Affiliation
1
Sickle Cell Disease Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
[email protected]
PMID:
22641479
DOI:
10.1002/ajh.23239
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Anemia, Sickle Cell* / ethnology
Anemia, Sickle Cell* / genetics
Arabs*
Female
Haplotypes*
Humans
K562 Cells
Male
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*
Promoter Regions, Genetic*
delta-Globins / genetics*
Substances
delta-Globins