Article
HOXD13 polyalanine tract expansion in classical synpolydactyly type Vordingborg.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Jun 2002
Kjaer Klaus Wilbrandt, Hedeboe Jess, Bugge Merete, Hansen Claus, Friis-Henriksen Karen, Vestergaard Maria Baeksted, Tommerup Niels, Opitz John M
Abstract excerpt
In 1927, Oluf Thomsen, in a classic paper, described a seven-generation family with autosomal dominant axial synpolydactyly (SPD)--the Vordingborgtyp of axis duplication and dysostosis. Expansion of a polyalanine tract in the HOXD13 gene is known to cause synpolydactyly. We have rediscovered part of the family described by Thomsen, and detected a 9 triplet polyalanine expansion within HOXD13segregating with the...
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