Genomic structure of HOXD13 gene: A nine polyalanine duplication causes synpolydactyly in two unrelated families

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 945-952

  Akarsu, A Nurten ^a   Stoilov, Ivaylo ^a   Yilmaz, Engin ^a   Sayli, B Sitki ^b   Sarfarazi, Mansoor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MARKER GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRANCE; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC MARKERS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; PEPTIDES; POLYDACTYLY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNDACTYLY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030035153     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.7.945     Document Type: Article

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