The genomic structure, chromosome location, and analysis of the human DKK1 head inducer gene as a candidate for holoprosencephaly

Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 220-224

  Roessler, E ^a   Du, Y ^b   Glinka, A ^c   Dutra, A ^a   Niehrs, C ^c   Muenke, Maximilian ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN DDK1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FROG; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033819906     PISSN: 03010171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000015618     Document Type: Article

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