X-linked situs abnormalities result from mutations in ZIC3

Nature Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-308

  Gebbia, Marinella ^a   Ferrero, Giovanni B ^a   Pilia, Giuseppe ^b   Bassi, Maria T ^a   Aylsworth, Arthur S ^c   Penman Splitt, Miranda ^d   Bird, Lynne M ^e   Bamforth, John S ^f   Burn, John ^d   Schlessinger, David ^b   Nelson, David L ^a   Casey, Brett ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME XQ; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITUS AMBIGUUS VISCERUM; SITUS INVERSUS; SITUS SOLITUS; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SITUS INVERSUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME; ZINC FINGERS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 16944364984     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1197-305     Document Type: Article

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