A human homologue of the Drosophila eyes absent gene underlies branchio- oto-renal (BOR) syndrome and identifies a novel gene family

Nature Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-164

  Abdelhak, Sonia ^a   Kalatzis, Vasiliki ^a   Heilig, Roland ^b   Compain, Sylvie ^a   Samson, Delphine ^b   Vincent, Christophe ^a   Weil, Dominique ^a   Cruaud, Corinne ^b   Sahly, Iman ^a   Leibovici, Michel ^a   Bitner Glindzicz, Maria ^c   Francis, Mary ^d   Lacombe, Didier ^e   Vigneron, Jacqueline ^f   Charachon, Robert ^g   Boven, Katia ^h   Bedbeder, Philippe ⁱ   Van Regemorter, Nicole ^j   Weissenbach, Jean ^b   Petit, Christine ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b GÉNÉTHON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^f Maternite Regionale Universitaire   (France)

^g HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^h ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

^j ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRANCHIAL ARCH; BRANCHIOOTORENAL SYNDROME; CHROMOSOME 8Q; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INNER EAR; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRANCHIAL REGION; BRANCHIO-OTO-RENAL SYNDROME; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EAR, INNER; EAR, MIDDLE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EXONS; EYE PROTEINS; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE-PHOSPHATASE; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0031046284     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0297-157     Document Type: Article

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