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.

SampleExperimentPeaks (%)
115 bp137 bp153 bp165 bp
Splicing site generating the transcript (cryptic) (cryptic)+1 (normal)+13 (cryptic)

ErPCs from normal donors1 001000
2 001000
3 001000

ErPCs from homozygous
β-IVSI-6/β-IVSI-6 patients
1 19.913.665.80.7
2 16.113.769.21.0
3 14.418.766.20.7

TG-β-IVSI-6 homozygous mouse #11 4.30.393.81.6
2 7.60.188.63.7

TG-β-IVSI-6 homozygous mouse #21 6.50.491.12.0
2 5.60.292.02.2

K562(β-IVSI-6) #11 21.62.274.61.6
2 21.32.674.31.8

K562(β-IVSI-6) #21 22.33.073.61.1

MEL(hu β-globin gene)1 001000

MEL(hu β-globin gene), DMSO treated1 001000

MEL(hu β-IVSI-6 globin gene)1 33.16.858.71.4

MEL(hu β-IVSI-6 globin gene), DMSO treated1 38.55.854.51.2