Eight-alanine duplication in homeobox D13 in a Chinese family with synpolydactyly

Gene

Volumn 499, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-51

  Xin, Qian ^a   Li, Lin ^b   Li, Jiangxia ^a   Qiu, Rongfang ^a   Guo, Chenhong ^a   Gong, Yaoqin ^a   Liu, Qiji ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b LINYI PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

HOXD13; Polyalanine expansion mutation; Synpolydactyly

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA; HOMEOBOX PROTEIN D13; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; POLYDACTYLY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNPOLYDACTYLY;

ADULT; ALANINE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SYNDACTYLY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 84862788873     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.02.046     Document Type: Article

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