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. 2021 Sep 22;5:287. Originally published 2020 Dec 9. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16320.2

Table 3. Sanger sequencing of PCR amplicons for the α -3.7kb deletion in 25 homozygous α -3.7kb and 5 normal individuals in Kilifi, Kenya.

Released_key 648184022 836466359 891210787 539560608 391787794 604702281 818082173 251883490 640859222 130037624 787645827 167368322 114762936 115163414 116814170 116828578 123017600 129122739 130028961 130546094 131709234 134168958 134421137 134501405 137928280 520269712 434039943 424597966 429643240 754351794 429586481 117865639 297748035 138218129 520269712 434039943 424597966 429643240 754351794 429586481 117865639 297748035 138218129
Chip_id 5583612155_R01C01 5583612121_R04C01 5583612103_R04C01 5583612084_R03C01 5583612106_R04C01 5583612069_R01C01 5588392045_R04C01 5583612069_R03C01 5583612132_R02C01 5588392041_R02C01 5588392009_R02C01 5767745121_R02C01 5626627008_R01C01 5751823150_R01C01 5636411175_R03C01 5636622086_R02C01 5626627093_R01C01 5636622089_R03C01 5636411079_R02C01 5636411197_R03C01 5636622060_R04C01 5751823150_R01C01 5636411175_R03C01 5636622086_R02C01 5626627093_R01C01 5636622089_R03C01 5636411079_R02C01 5636411197_R03C01 5636622060_R04C01
Sequencing primers note Base-gene
assignment
Base
ID
No.
HBA2 HBA1 Base
ID No
Reference
allele
A2/3.7-F HBA 5' SEQ HBA 3' SEQ 3.7-R A2-R position base rs number relative to
ATG
position base rs number relative to
ATG
HBA2 HBA1
primer
(A2/3.7-F)
221882-901 CCCCTCGCCAAGTCCACCCC NA NA NA NA NA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A B C D E F G H I A B C D E F G H I
T2/C1 1 221996 T rs1043385709 -916 225802 C NA -916 1 T C T T T T - T T T - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T T T T T T T T T - C C - C C - C C
AC2/--1 2 222003-004 AC rs1388103544 -908 225808-809 del rs1297040092 -908 2 AC -- AC AC AC AC - - AC AC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AC AC AC AC AC AC AC AC AC - -- -- - -- -- - -- --
G2/A1 3 222239 G rs143196637 -673 226043 A rs3760045 -673 3 G A G G G G G G G G G G G G - G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G - G A - A G A A G
CT2/TC1 4 222416 CT rs2858943 -496 226219 TC rs878891332 -496 4 C T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T - T T - T T T T T
CT2/TC1 5 222417 C T rs4021962 -495 226220 T C NA -495 5 T C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C - C C - C C C C C
G2/C1 6 222846 G NA -43 226679 C NA -43 6 G C C C - - C - - C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C - C C - C C C C C
Ensembl
Gene start
222864 NA NA -37 226673 C NA -37
Met start
(ATG)
222912-914 ATG NA 1 226716 ATG NA 1
primer (HBA
5' SEQ)
222930-950 GACAAGACCAACGTCAAGGCC NA 18-38 226734-754 GACAAGACCAACGTCAAGGCC NA 18-38
primer (HBA
3' SEQ)
223310-332 GGACCCGGTCAACTTCAAGGTGA NA 399-401 227114-136 GGACCCGGTCAACTTCAAGGTGA NA 399-401
T2/G1 7 223383 T rs2362746 471 227187 G rs148228241 471 7 T G G G K K G K G G K K K G G G G G K K G G K K G G K T T T T T T T T T - G G - G G G G G
ApaI G2/C1 8 223447 G NA 535 227251 C NA 535 8 G C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C G G G G G G G G G - C C - C C C C C
(IVS2) del 2/ins 1 IVS2 223447-448 del NA 534 227252-258 TCGGCCC NA 534 IVS2 DEL INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS INS DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL - INS INS - INS INS INS INS INS
STOP codon
(TAA)
223597-599 TAA NA 685 227408-410 TAA NA
BalI 2 NOT-CUT/1 CUT 9 223614 T AGCCG rs2362745 702 227425 T GGCCA rs1170850212 702 9 A G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G G - A A A A A - A A - G G - G G G G G
BalI 10 223618 TAGCC G rs3209623 706 227429 TGGCC A rs376827361 706 10 G A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A - G G G G G - G G - A A - A A A A A
ApaI 2 CUT/1 NOT-CUT 11 223646 GGGCCC rs4021971 734 227424 AGCCCC rs1463287368 734 11 G A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A - G G G G G - G G - A A - A A A A A
ApaI 12 223648 GG GCCC rs4021970 736 227426 AG CCCC rs1190061123 736 12 G C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C - G G G G G - G G - C C - C C C C C
primer
(A2-R)
223666-683 AGACCAGGAAGGGCCGGTG NA - NA NA NA NA
RsaI 2 NOT-CUT/1 CUT 13 223672 G CCC rs4021966 760 227483 G TAC NA 760 13 C T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T - - - - - C - C C - T T - T T T T T
RsaI 14 223673 GC CC rs1487591924 761 227484 GT AC NA 761 14 C A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A - - - - - C - C C - A A - A A A A A
Ensemble
gene end
223709 NA NA NA 227521 NA NA NA
primer
(3.7-R)
NA NA NA 844-864 227698-718 CGCTGGACCCTAGAGTGCTTT NA 844-864

Individuals were identified following PCR typing for the -α 3.7 deletion and selected for Sanger sequencing of the amplicons. From the sequence traces the identity of a set of differentiating bases was recorded (*Base ID No.) as highlighted in Figure 2.

The table rows show features ordered by chromosome position.

Sequencing primers: These columns show the span of the Sanger sequencing typically covered by the named primers.

Note: field intifies specific features across the HBA2 and HBA1 region; primers; gene start, stop; restriction enzyme sites 10 distinguishing the -α 3.7 types I, II and III.

HBA2, HBA1: these columns identify the chromosomal position, sequence, rsIDs and position relative to the ATG site for HBA2 and HBA1 aligned to each other.

Sequenced individuals are shown with their unique IDs (chip_id and released keys that match them to the main datasets).

For individuals, the bases identified are shown and coloured according to the reference sequence (green – HBA1, orange – HBA2).

Bases in purple were found to be identical across all individuals sequenced rather than divergent as in the reference sequences. Dashes are bases that were not possible to identify due to short sequences. The full table of this data can be found in Underlying Data2 Table NN_Sanger_Sequence_summary.