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unusual facts about beta globin



Titia de Lange

De Lange obtained her Masters on "Chromatin structure of the human ß-globin gene locus" at the University of Amsterdam in 1981, and subsequently her PhD at the same institution in 1985 with Piet Borst on surface antigen genes in trypanosomes.


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Locus control region

In transgenic mouse studies it was determined that the LCR was required for normal regulation of beta-globin gene expression.