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. 1975 Sep;72(9):3614–3618. doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.9.3614

Nucleotide sequences of the 3'-terminal untranslated region of messenger RNA for human beta globin chain.

B G Forget, C A Marotta, S M Weissman, M Cohen-Solal
PMCID: PMC433046  PMID: 1059150

Abstract

In normal messenger RNA for the human beta-globin chain, nucleotide sequences have been identified which can be matched to the amino-acid sequence of the abnormally long segment of the beta-chain of hemoglobin Cranston. The finding of these sequences strengthens the hypothesis that the betaCranston chain arose by a frameshift mutation allowing the "readthrough" of the normal termination codon and translation of usually untranslated portions of the messenger RNA for the beta-globin chain. The oligonucleotides which match the amino-acid sequence of hemoglobin Cranston provide a sequence of 36 nucleotides which follows the normal beta-chain termination codon UAA.

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