Abstract

Erythrocyte membrane proteins obtained from individuals with sickle cell anemia show an SDS polyacrylamide gel pattern that differs in five regions from the normal pattern. These membranes when compared with membranes from normal individuals also show a marked decrease in sialic acid content which correlates with a marked reduction of the periodic acid-Schiff staining of the three major glycoprotein components. The observed membrane protein and glycoprotein changes are a characteristic of all the red cells in sickle cell anemia and do not correlate with the proportion of irreversibly sickled cells.

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