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. 1988 Nov 25;16(22):10635–10642. doi: 10.1093/nar/16.22.10635

Distal CCAAT box deletion in the A gamma globin gene of two black adolescents with elevated fetal A gamma globin.

J G Gilman 1, N Mishima 1, X J Wen 1, T A Stoming 1, J Lobel 1, T H Huisman 1
PMCID: PMC338929  PMID: 2462713

Abstract

Point mutations in G gamma and A gamma globin gene promoters are associated with increased production of G gamma and A gamma globin, respectively. To determine whether an upstream promoter mutation could account for elevated A gamma in a Black adolescent with A gamma-beta+-HPFH and sickle cell trait, we cloned the 13 kb BglII fragment containing both gamma genes into phage lambda vector EMBL3. For one clone, the A gamma upstream promoter showed no hybridization to a 19 bp oligonucleotide whose sequence centered at -117. A gamma promoter sequence data for this mutant clone revealed a 13 bp deletion which eliminated the A gamma distal CCAAT box. Amplified A gamma genomic DNA of this and a similar case showed hybridization to both deletion-mutant and normal oligonucleotide probes. We propose that this 13 bp deletion removes part of the binding site for a repressor protein which is abundant in adult erythroid cells.

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