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[Identification of 5 variants of the hemoglobin beta chain using DNA analysis (amplification, sequencing and
E Martí1, P Ropero, F Ataulfo González
1Departamento de Hematología y Hemoterapia, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Madrid.
Purpose:
To confirm the conventional techniques for studying structural haemoglobinopathies and to show off the simplicity and efficacy of new methods based on the study of DNA.
Patients And Methods:
Peripheral blood samples of 17 patients with 5 haemoglobin variants detected by conventional and shown off by means of sequencing according to Sanger's method, plus PCR-RFLP, were studied.
Results:
Five structural haemoglobin variants were found, which distributed as follows: 7 cases of Hb Complutense (beta 127 Gln-->Glu), 1 Hb D-Punjab (beta 121 Glu-->Gln), 3 Hb Hofu (beta 126 Val-->Glu), 3 Hb J-Baltimore (beta 16 Gly-->Asp) and 3 Hb San Diego (beta 109 Val-->Met).
Conclusions:
These results allow us to stress the simplicity and usefulness of DNA analysis (sequencing , amplification and enzymatic digestion) to identify haemoglobin variants as opposed to laborious analysis of the primary structure by means of HPLC peptide separation.
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