A Mutation in HOXA2 Is Responsible for Autosomal-Recessive Microtia in an Iranian Family (DOI:10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.02.015);A Mutation in HOXA2 Is Responsible for Autosomal-Recessive Microtia in an Iranian Family

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 982-991

  Alasti, Fatemeh ^a,b   Sadeghi, Abdorrahim ^b,c   Sanati, Mohammad Hossein ^b   Farhadi, Mohammad ^d   Stollar, Elliot ^e   Somers, Thomas ^f   Van Camp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BELGIUM; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 7P; CLEFT PALATE; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMEOBOX; HOXA1 GENE; HOXA2 GENE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; IRAN; MICROTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 41549169516     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.08.014     Document Type: Erratum

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