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SHOX: pseudoautosomal homeobox containing gene for short stature and dyschondrosteosis.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Jun 1999
Ogata T
Abstract excerpt
A growth gene has been postulated, on the basis of genotype-phenotype correlations in patients with sex chromosome aberrations, to exist on the short-arm pseudoautosomal region (PAR1) of the sex chromosomes. Recently, Rao et al. have identified a novel homeobox containing gene, SHOX (short stature homeobox containing gene), from the distal part of PAR1, by means of a positional cloning method. SHOX is most...
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