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Loss of DNA-dependent dimerization of the transcription factor SOX9 as a cause for campomelic dysplasia.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Jun 2003
Sock Elisabeth, Pagon Roberta A, Keymolen Kathelijn, Lissens Willy, Wegner Michael, Scherer Gerd
Abstract excerpt
Campomelic dysplasia (CD) is a semilethal osteochondrodysplasia, characterized by skeletal anomalies that include bending of the long bones, and by XY sex reversal. CD results from haploinsufficiency for the transcription factor SOX9, a key regulator at various steps of cartilage differentiation and of early testis development. Two functional domains are so far recognized for SOX9, a high-mobility group (HMG)...
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