Retelewska W, Gaczyńska M, Bartosz G, Judkiewicz L
Department of Biophysics, University of Lódź, Poland.
Clin Chim Acta. 1991 May 15;198(3):255-60. doi: 10.1016/0009-8981(91)90359-k.
Among 56 persons studied, 6 were heterozygous with respect to the elongated variant of the Band 3 protein (anion transporting protein) of the erythrocyte membranes. Erythrocytes containing the variant Band 3 protein did not exhibit morphologic abnormalities, alterations in electron spin resonance spectra of maleimide-spin labeled membranes. In the rate of membrane 'self-digestion' or in chloride permeability. They did however show an increased membrane binding of hemoglobin and aldolase.