Cloning and characterization of a novel bicoid-related homeobox transcription factor gene, RIEG, involved in Rieger syndrome

Nature Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 392-399

  Semina, Elena V ^a   Reiter, Rebecca ^b   Leysens, Nancy J ^a   Alward, W Lee M ^b   Small, Kent W ^c   Datson, Nicole A ^d   Siegel Bartelt, Jacqueline ^e   Bierke Nelson, Diane ^f   Bitoun, Pierre ^g   Zabel, Bernhard U ^h   Carey, John C ⁱ   Murray, Jeffrey C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f Duluth Clinic   (United States)

^g HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIEGER SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EXONS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNDROME; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UMBILICUS;

MURINAE; UMBILICUS;

EID: 10544233785     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1296-392     Document Type: Article

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