A ZRS duplication causes Syndactyly type IV with Tibial Hypoplasia

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 816-818

  Wu, Lingqian ^a,b   Liang, Desheng ^a,b   Niikawa, Norio ^b,c   Ma, Fen ^d   Sun, Miao ^d   Pan, Qian ^a   Long, Zhigao ^a   Zhou, Zhongmin ^a   Yoshiura, Koh Ichiro ^b,e   Wang, Hua ^f   Sato, Daisuke ^b,e   Nishimura, Gen ^g   Dai, Heping ^a   Zhang, Xue ^d   Xia, Jiahui ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f HUNAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^g TOKYO METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZRS PROTEIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDACTYLY; THUMB; TIBIA; TIBIA HYPOPLASIA;

DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, REGULATOR; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDACTYLY; TIBIA;

EID: 63749125708     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32740     Document Type: Letter

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