Article
[Holt-Oram syndrome: characterization of a novel mutation].
Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) - 1 Jun 2006
Fernández García-Moya L, Lapunzina Badía P, Delicado Navarro A, Sharif A, Cross G, Mori Alvarez Ma A, de Torres Perezhidalgo M L, Palomares Bralo M, García Sánchez P, García-Guereta Silva L, López Pajares I
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Cardiomyelic syndromes encompass congenital heart disease and skeletal malformations of the upper limbs and are related to mutations in transcription factors with T-Box domains. Holt-Oram syndrome is caused by a dominant mutation in the TBX5 gene that alters the three-dimensional structure of the protein and its DNA binding function. Several point mutations and deletions in TBX5 have been reported...
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