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Analysis of four DLX homeobox genes in autistic probands.
BMC genetics - 2 Nov 2005
Hamilton Steven P, Woo Jonathan M, Carlson Elaine J, Ghanem Nöel, Ekker Marc, Rubenstein John L R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Linkage studies in autism have identified susceptibility loci on chromosomes 2q and 7q, regions containing the DLX1/2 and DLX5/6 bigene clusters. The DLX genes encode homeodomain transcription factors that control craniofacial patterning and differentiation and survival of forebrain inhibitory neurons. We investigated the role that sequence variants in DLX genes play in autism by in-depth resequencing...
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