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Developmental expression analysis of the mouse and chick orthologues of IRF6: the gene mutated in Van der Woude syndrome.
Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists - 1 May 2006
Knight Alexandra S, Schutte Brian C, Jiang Rulang, Dixon Michael J
Abstract excerpt
Development of the lip and palate involves a complex series of events that are frequently disturbed resulting in the congenital anomalies cleft lip and cleft palate. Van der Woude syndrome (VWS) is an autosomal dominant disorder that is characterised by cleft lip, cleft palate, lower lip pits, and hypodontia. VWS arises as the result of mutations in the gene encoding interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6). To...
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