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General information
Gene name beta globin
Gene symbol HBB
Chromosome Location 11p15.5
Database location ccg.murdoch.edu.au/thalind
Curator Michael Black, Paula Moolhuijzen and Sujata Sinha
PubMed references View all (unique) PubMed references in the HBB database
Date of creation August 04, 2009
Last update December 05, 2011
Version HBB111205
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Reference sequence Genomic reference sequence for describing sequence variants
GenBank reference NM_000518.4
Total number of unique DNA variants reported 61
Total number of individuals with variant(s) 9402
Total number of variants reported 9403
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NOTE ThalInd User Guide
Regions of India
Thalind Bibliography
Thalind Glossary
Unique Variants Code System
Mutation distributions in five regions of India (PNG image)

Graphical displays and utilities
Summary tables Summary of all sequence variants in the HBB database, sorted by type of variant (with graphical displays and statistics)
UCSC Genome Browser Show variants in the UCSC Genome Browser (compact view)
Ensembl Genome Browser Show variants in the Ensembl Genome Browser
NCBI Sequence Viewer Show distribution histogram of variants in the NCBI Sequence Viewer

Sequence variant tables
Unique sequence variants Listing of all unique sequence variants in the HBB database, without patient data
Complete sequence variant listing Listing of all sequence variants in the HBB database
Variants with no known pathogenicity Listing of all HBB variants reported to have no noticeable phenotypic effect (note: excluding variants of unknown effect)
Download table Download the full sequence variant table of the HBB database in tab-delimited text format.

Search the database
By type of variant View all sequence variants of a certain type
Simple search Query the database by selecting the most important variables (exon number, type of variant, disease phenotype)
Advanced search Query the database by selecting a combination of variables
Based on patient origin View all variants based on your patient origin search terms
Search through hidden entries Find the number of variant entries in the database (including hidden entries) matching your search terms.

Links to other resources
Homepage http://ccg.murdoch.edu.au/thalind
External link #1 HbVar
External link #2 The Globin Gene Server
External link #3 Indian Ministry of Health and Welfare Health Statistics Information Portal
External link #4 Census of India- Population Data - Census 2001
External link #5 Census of India-Code List for Land Regions - Census 2001
External link #6 Census of India 2011 - Provisional Population Totals
Entrez Gene 3043
OMIM - Gene 603902
OMIM - Disease #1 Thalassemia-beta, dominant inclusion-body, 603902 (3)
OMIM - Disease #2 Thalassemias, beta- (3)
HGMD HBB
GeneTests HBB

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