Gamma Delta Beta-thalassaemias 1 and 2 Are the Result of a 100 Kbp Deletion in the Human Beta-globin Cluster

Overview

Journal Nucleic Acids Res

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1986 Sep 11

PMID 3763397

Citations 29

Authors

R Taramelli

D Kioussis

E Vanin

K Bartram

J Groffen

J Hurst

F G Grosveld

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Abstract

The DNA spanning two large deletions in the human beta-globin gene cluster (gamma beta-thalassaemia 1 and 2) has been cloned by cosmid cloning and chromosomal walking. The entire region was mapped and analyzed for the presence of repetitive sequences. The results show that the affected loci have lost almost 100 kb of DNA in a deletion event not involving homologous or repetitive sequences.

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