Research Article
Generation and Characterization of a Transgenic Mouse Carrying a Functional Human β-Globin Gene with the IVSI-6 Thalassemia Mutation
Table 4
Relative contents of β-globin transcripts.
| Sample | Experiment | Peaks (%) | 115 bp | 137 bp | 153 bp | 165 bp | Splicing site generating the transcript | (cryptic) | (cryptic) | +1 (normal) | +13 (cryptic) |
| ErPCs from normal donors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| ErPCs from homozygous β-IVSI-6/β-IVSI-6 patients | 1 | 19.9 | 13.6 | 65.8 | 0.7 | 2 | 16.1 | 13.7 | 69.2 | 1.0 | 3 | 14.4 | 18.7 | 66.2 | 0.7 |
| TG-β-IVSI-6 homozygous mouse #1 | 1 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 93.8 | 1.6 | 2 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 88.6 | 3.7 |
| TG-β-IVSI-6 homozygous mouse #2 | 1 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 91.1 | 2.0 | 2 | 5.6 | 0.2 | 92.0 | 2.2 |
| K562(β-IVSI-6) #1 | 1 | 21.6 | 2.2 | 74.6 | 1.6 | 2 | 21.3 | 2.6 | 74.3 | 1.8 |
| K562(β-IVSI-6) #2 | 1 | 22.3 | 3.0 | 73.6 | 1.1 |
| MEL(hu β-globin gene) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| MEL(hu β-globin gene), DMSO treated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| MEL(hu β-IVSI-6 globin gene) | 1 | 33.1 | 6.8 | 58.7 | 1.4 |
| MEL(hu β-IVSI-6 globin gene), DMSO treated | 1 | 38.5 | 5.8 | 54.5 | 1.2 |
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