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Townes-Brocks syndrome: detection of a SALL1 mutation hot spot and evidence for a position effect in one patient.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 1999
Marlin S, Blanchard S, Slim R, Lacombe D, Denoyelle F, Alessandri J L, Calzolari E, Drouin-Garraud V, Ferraz F G, Fourmaintraux A, Philip N, Toublanc J E, Petit C
Abstract excerpt
Townes-Brocks syndrome (TBS) is an autosomal dominant developmental disorder characterized by anal and thumb malformations and by ear anomalies that can affect the three compartments and usually lead to hearing loss. The gene underlying TBS, SALL1, is a human homolog of the Drosophila spalt gene which encodes a transcription factor. A search for SALL1 mutations undertaken in 11 unrelated affected individuals...
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