Haploinsufficiency of ALX4 as a potential cause of parietal foramina in the 11p11.2 contiguous gene-deletion syndrome

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1327-1332

  Wu, Yuan Qing ^a   Badano, Jose L ^a   McCaskill, Christopher ^a   Vogel, Hannes ^a   Potocki, Lorraine ^a   Shaffer, Lisa G ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 11P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HEMIZYGOSITY; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARIETAL FORAMINA; POTOCKI SHAFFER SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL MALFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE;

EID: 0033759656     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9297(07)62963-2     Document Type: Article

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