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Novel mutations of the HOXD13 gene in hand and foot malformations.
International surgery - 1 Jan 2000
Nakano Kayoko, Sakai Naohiko, Yamazaki Yasuharu, Watanabe Hiroi, Yamada Naoto, Sezaki Koichiro, Susami Takafumi, Tokunaga Katsushi, Takato Tsuyoshi, Uchinuma Eiju
Abstract excerpt
Homeobox genes encode a set of transcription factors of fundamental importance for body patterning during embryogenesis. Hoxa9-a13 and Hoxd9-d13 play an especially important part in vertebrate limb development. Synpolydactyly (SPD) is characterized by various malformations of the limbs. The expansion of the polyalanine tract in 1OXD13 is one of its major causes. Recently, there have been many analysis studies of...
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