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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
We describe an 11.3 kb deletion within the zeta-globin gene region which was found in 2 of 16 American Black neonates. The deletion is consistent with an unequal crossover between the homologous zeta and psi zeta gene regions, resulting in a shortened Eco RI fragment (17.2 kb) containing a single zeta and the psi alpha, alpha 2, and alpha 1 genes. An earlier report of zeta-region crossovers (1) may have overestimated the size of this fragment by 2 kb. This finding led us to re-evaluate another report which concluded that a 17 kb Eco RI fragment found in 10% of the Black population was the result of a restriction site polymorphism (2). Our data do not substantiate this conclusion and we propose that the high frequency of this shortened fragment is due instead to an unequal crossover. Possible clinical consequences of this deletional event are also discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
125
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
817-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Frequent occurrence of a zeta-globin-region deletion in American blacks accounts for a previously-described restriction site polymorphism.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.