IthaID: 1540


Names and Sequences

Functionality: Globin gene causative mutation Pathogenicity: N/A
Common Name: Hispanic (εγδβ)0 HGVS Name: NC_000011.10:g.5279573_5319355del
Hb Name: N/A Protein Info: N/A

Also known as:

Comments: The deletion removes the HS2, HS3, HS4 and HS5 elements of the βLCR leaving all β-globin genes intact but functionally inactivated.

We follow the HGVS sequence variant nomenclature and IUPAC standards.

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Phenotype

Hemoglobinopathy Group: Thalassaemia
Hemoglobinopathy Subgroup: εγδβ-thalassaemia
Allele Phenotype:(εGγAγδβ)0
Associated Phenotypes: N/A

Location

Chromosome: 11
Locus: NG_000007.3
Locus Location: N/A
Size: 39.783 kb
Deletion involves: βLCR

Other details

Type of Mutation: Deletion
Ethnic Origin: Hispanic
Molecular mechanism: N/A
Inheritance: Recessive
DNA Breakpoint Determined: Yes

In silico pathogenicity prediction

Publications / Origin

  1. Driscoll MC, Dobkin CS, Alter BP, Gamma delta beta-thalassemia due to a de novo mutation deleting the 5' beta-globin gene activation-region hypersensitive sites., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 86(19), 7470-4, 1989
  2. Amid A, Cheong M, Eng B, Hanna M, Hohenadel BA, Nakamura LM, Walker L, Odame I, Kirby-Allen M, Waye JS, Hb S/β+-thalassemia due to Hb sickle and a novel deletion of DNase I hypersensitive sites HS3 and HS4 of the β locus control region., Haematologica , 100(5), e166-8, 2015
Created on 2010-06-16 16:13:17, Last reviewed on 2022-05-27 11:30:25 (Show full history)

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