title: Sardinian G gamma-HPFH: a T----C substitution in a conserved "octamer" sequence in the G gamma-globin promoter.
abstract: A survey of hemoglobinopathies in Northern Sardinia allowed the identification of two subjects heterozygous for a new type of G gamma hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin (HPFH). The G gamma-globin gene from the HPFH chromosome shows the presence of a T----C substitution 175 nucleotides upstream of the CAP site, adding a new example of single-point mutations occurring in the promoter region of the gamma-globin genes and linked to HPFH phenotypes. In this case the mutation affects the 3' end nucleotide of a conserved octamer sequence known to be present in other regulatory elements of several genes.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006453:Hemoglobinopathies / Q000235:genetics*; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D005914:Globins; D005319:Fetal Hemoglobin