HBA2, hemoglobin subunit alpha 2, 3040

N. diseases: 182; N. variants: 34
Source: ALL
Variant Gene Disease Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs41467944
rs41467944
Entrez Id: 3040
Gene Symbol: HBA2
HBA2
CUI: C0039730
Disease:
Thalassemia
0.010 GeneticVariation BEFREE HbE, the result of a G to A mutation in codon 26 of the HBB (β-globin) gene, activates a cryptic 5' splice site in codon 25 leading to a reduction of correctly spliced β(E) -globin (HBB:c.79G>A) mRNA and consequently β(+) -thalassaemia. 21732929 2011