MUTATION Poly A (A->G); AATAAA->AATAAG
 
AMINO ACID REPLACEMENT None
TYPE OF BETA-THAL beta+
MECHANISM Inefficient cleavage and polyadenylation of mRNA at the normal poly A site
IDENTIFICATION Amplification of the beta-globin gene; DNA sequencing
HEMATOLOGY IN HETEROZYGOTE(S) Not reported
HEMATOLOGY IN HOMOZYGOTE(S) None
OCCURRENCE In several Kurdish Jewish patients
HAPLOTYPE VII
FOUND IN COMBINATION WITH ABNORMAL HB(S) None
FOUND IN COMBINATION WITH BETA-THAL ALLELE(S) Occurs in several patients with different beta-thal alleles; all require occasional blood transfusions
OTHER INFORMATION None
       
REFERENCES
1. Rund, D., Filon, D., Dowling, C., Kazazian, H.H., Jr., Rachmilewitz, E.A., and Oppenheim, A.: Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 612:98, 1990.
2. Rund, D., Cohen, T., Filon, D., Dowling, C.E., Warren, T.C., Barak, I., Rachmilewitz, E., Kazazian, H.H., Jr., and Oppenheim, A.: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 88:310, 1991.


This material is from the book A Syllabus of Thalassemia Mutations (1997) by Titus H.J. Huisman, Marianne F.H. Carver, and Erol Baysal, published by The Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation in Augusta, GA, USA. Copyright © 1997 by Titus H.J. Huisman. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, microfilming and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the Author.