Fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 2 (FHF2): Gene structure, expression and mapping to the Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome region in Xq26 delineated by a duplication breakpoint in a BFLS-like patient

Human Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-63

  Gecz, Jozef ^a,b   Baker, Elizabeth ^a   Donnelly, Andrew ^a,c   Ming, Jeffrey E ^d   McDonald McGinn, Donna M ^d   Spinner, Nancy B ^d   Zackai, Elaine H ^d   Sutherland, Grant R ^a,b   Mulley, John C ^a,c  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME XQ; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033016883     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050910     Document Type: Article

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