title: Molecular characterization and nonradioactive detection of beta-thalassemia in Malaysia.
abstract: The spectrum of beta-thalassemia mutations in Malaysia has been determined in 45 beta-thalassemia chromosomes using dot blot hybridization of the polymerase chain reaction amplified DNA and direct DNA sequencing. Eleven different molecular defects, including those previously detected in Chinese, Asian Indians, and American blacks, and a novel frameshift mutation causing beta zero-thalassemia were detected. Since this novel mutation, a T deletion in codon 15 creates a new restriction site for EcoRII enzyme; the mutation could be detected by EcoRII digestion of the appropriate amplified fragment. The results of the present study provide additional information on the molecular heterogeneity of beta-thalassemia in this population. We also demonstrated the nonradioactive detection method of the beta-thalassemia mutation based upon the digoxigenin-labeled oligonucleotide probes.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory for Genetic Information, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fucharoen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fucharoen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aziz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashim
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukumaki
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D015342:DNA Probes; D004076:Digoxigenin; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010375:Pedigree; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004076:Digoxigenin