Background: β-thalassemia is the most common monogenic disorder in human. The (CT) polymorphism at -158 upstream region of the γ-globin gene and pharmacological factors such as hydroxyurea have been reported to influence γ-globin gene expression and the severity of clinical symptoms of β-thalassemia. Methods: In the present study, 51 βthalassemia intermediate patients were studied. Xmn1γ polym...

A molecular method based on restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of PCR-amplified fragments of the 23S rRNA gene was designed to rapidly identify Listeria strains to the species level. Two fragments (S1, 460 bp, and S2, 890 bp) were amplified from boiled DNA. S2 was cut with the restriction enzymes XmnI or CfoI and, if needed, S1 was digested by either AluI or ClaI. This method was f...

Source/Description of Clone: Clone pALP13-8 is a single copy 750 bp EcoRV fragment, 0.9 kb 3' of exon 4, subcloned from a 6.6 kb BamHI fragment containing the complete human c-fos oncogene (FOS) (1). Polymorphisms: are detected with TaqI (A alleles) and BstNI (B alleles) (see Figure). A) TaqI: Presence of a 1.6 kb fragment or its allele, a 0.6 kb fragment. B) BstNI: Presence of an 0.85 kb fragm...

Background: Beta thalassemia gene mutations are among common mutations in southwest Iran. However, Hemoglobin E (Hb E) and Hb E/β⁰ thalassemia account for a small number of hemoglobinopathies in Iran. This is the first study to directly address the existence of Hb E and consequently Hb E/β⁰ thalassemia in southwest Iran. Methods: This retrospective study discovered seven cases of Hb E/β⁰ thal...

OBJECTIVES Infertility is a common human disorder which is defined as the failure to conceive for a period of 12 months without contraception. Many studies have shown that the outcome of fertility could be affected by DNA damage. We attempted to examine the association of two SNPs (rs1127354 and rs7270101) in ITPA, a gene encoding a key factor in the repair system, with susceptibility to infert...

background: beta thalassemia gene mutations are among common mutations in southwest iran. however, hemoglobin e (hb e) and hb e/β⁰ thalassemia account for a small number of hemoglobinopathies in iran. this is the first study to directly address the existence of hb e and consequently hb e/β⁰ thalassemia in southwest iran. methods: this retrospective study discovered seven cases of hb e/β⁰ thalas...