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We report a β thalassemia mutation [IVS Ⅱ 5(G→C)] in a Chinese family. Recently we cloned this β globin gene and studied its transient expression in murine erythroleukemic (MEL) cells. Both the thalassemic and normal β globin genes were isolated by polymerase chain reaction and TA vector cloning. When the cloned β thalassemic globin gene was introduced into MEL cells, two kinds of spliced cytoplasmic β globin RNAs were detected. The predominant RNA was normally spliced, while the less abundant RNA contained an insertion of the first 47 nucleotides of the second intervening sequence localized between exons 2 and 3. These results suggest that the mutation [IVS Ⅱ 5(G→C)] causes a β + thalassemia.
We report this β globin gene and studied its transient expression in murine erythroleukemic (MEL) cells. Both the thalassemic and normal β globin genes were isolated by polymerase chain reaction and TA vector cloning. When the cloned β thalassemic globin gene was introduced into MEL cells, two kinds of spliced cytoplasmic β globin RNAs were detected. The predominant RNA was normally spliced, while the less abundant RNA contained an insertion of the first 47 nucleotides of the second intervening sequence localized between exons 2 and 3. These results suggest that the mutation [IVS II 5 (G → C)] causes a β + thalassemia.