A Dual Reporter Mouse Model of the Human β-Globin Locus: Applications and Limitations

The human β-globin locus contains the β-like globin genes (i.e. fetal γ-globin and adult β-globin), which heterotetramerize with α-globin subunits to form fetal or adult hemoglobin. Thalassemia is one of the commonest inherited disorders in the world, which results in quantitative defects of the glo...

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Main Authors: Papadopoulos, Petros, Gutiérrez, Laura, van der Linden, Reinier, Kong-A-San, John, Maas, Alex, Drabek, Dubravka, Patrinos, George P., Philipsen, Sjaak, Grosveld, Frank
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3522686/