Lymphoedema-distichiasis and FOXC2: Unreported mutations, de novo mutation estimate, families without coding mutations

Human Genetics

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 238-242

  Sholto Douglas Vernon, Carolyn ^a   Bell, Rachel ^a   Brice, Glen ^a   Mansour, Sahar ^a   Sarfarazi, Mansoor ^b   Child, Anne H ^a   Smith, Alberto ^c   Mellor, Russell ^a   Burnand, Kevin ^c   Mortimer, Peter ^a   Jeffery, Steve ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; UNITED KINGDOM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PEDIGREE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE FREQUENCY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 24944446156     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-005-1275-2     Document Type: Article

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