hemophilia

Tissue

... factor VIII will soon be available. Most cases of hemophilia are due to the absence of this factor. Full article >>> Tissue -specific expression : Gene function which is restricted to a particular tissue or cell type. Full article >>> tissue A large group of cells of s...

Sex-linked

... inheritance ... Full article >>> hemophilia A human sex-linked recessive gene tic dis order that results in the absence of certain blood-clotting factors, usually Factor VII. Hemophiliacs suffer from an inability to clot their blood. Full article >>> Where the a gene is ...

Red blood cells

... red blood cells that reversibly binds oxygen . hemophilia [Gk. haima, blood + philios, friendly] ... Full article >>> sickle cell anemia A condition that causes the red blood cells to collapse (sickle) under oxygen stress. The condition becomes manifest when an individual is homozygous...

Blood clotting

...trix, were asymptomatic carrier s of the X-linked hemophilia gene (more precisely, an abnormal allele of a gene necessary to produce one of the blood clotting factors). Full article >>> A chemical used to prevent blood clotting . Examples: EDTA, heparin, sodium citrate, sodium oxalate. ...

Base pair

...11. Full article >>> The gene for hemophilia is 186,000 base pair s, and has 26 exons separated by 25 introns . Mutation s in the gene can be detected by RFLP s. Full article >>> [4] The human genome has 3 billion base pair s. The average rate of point mutation s is...