A very high density microsatellite map (1 STR/41 kb) of 1.7 Mb on Xp22 spanning the microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS) syndrome critical region

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 406-412

  Cox, Timothy C ^a,b   Cox, Liza L ^a,b   Ballabio, Andrea ^a  

^a TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aicard syndrome; Contiguous gene syndrome; Focal dermal hypoplasia; Goltz syndrome; Linear skin; Microphthalmia; Microsatellites; MLS; Paraffin embedded; X chromosome; Xp22

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GOLTZ SYNDROME; HEAD; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MICROPHTHALMIA; MONOSOMY; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031877023     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200203     Document Type: Article

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