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Imprinting of human GRB10 and its mutations in two patients with Russell-Silver syndrome.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 2000
Yoshihashi H, Maeyama K, Kosaki R, Ogata T, Tsukahara M, Goto Y, Hata J, Matsuo N, Smith R J, Kosaki K
Abstract excerpt
Documentation of maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7 in 10% of patients with Russell-Silver syndrome (RSS), characterized by prenatal and postnatal growth retardation and dysmorphic features, has suggested the presence of an imprinted gene on chromosome 7 whose mutation is responsible for the RSS phenotype. Human GRB10 on chromosome 7, a homologue of the mouse imprinted gene Grb10, is a candidate, because...
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