Limb skeletal malformations - What the HOX is going on?

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Brison, Nathalie ^a   Tylzanowski, Przemko ^a   Debeer, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chick limb; HOXD13; RCAS; Synpolydactyly

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXD13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHICKEN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SYNPOLYDACTYLY; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SYNDACTYLY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857033013     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: 18780849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2011.06.003     Document Type: Review

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