Genomic cloning and characterization of the human homeobox gene SIX6 reveals a cluster of SIX genes in chromosome 14 and associates SIX6 hemizygosity with bilateral anophthalmia and pituitary anomalies

Genomics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-91

  Gallardo, M Esther ^a,b   Lopez Rios, Javier ^d   Fernaud Espinosa, Isabel ^a,b   Granadino, Begoña ^a,b   Sanz, Raul ^c   Ramos, Carmen ^c   Ayuso, Carmen ^c   Seller, Mary J ^e   Brunner, Han G ^f   Bovolenta, Paola ^d   Rodríguez De Córdoba, Santiago ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b Cirugía Oncológica Unidad de Patología Mamaria   (Spain)

^c Fundacián Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^e GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHTHALMIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMIZYGOSITY; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032826288     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.5916     Document Type: Article

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