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A 785kb deletion of 3p14.1p13, including the FOXP1 gene, associated with speech delay, contractures, hypertonia and blepharophimosis.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Pariani Mitchel J, Spencer Andrew, Graham John M, Rimoin David L
Abstract excerpt
We report a child with a 785kb deletion of the 3p14.1p13 region including the genes FOXP1, EIF4E3, PROK2, GPR27 resulting in speech delay, contractures, hypertonia and blepharophimosis. FOXP1 and FOXP2 are transcription factors containing a polyglutamine tract and a forkhead DNA binding domain. They both play a role in the developing human foregut and brain [W. Shu, M.M. Lu, Y. Zhang, P. Tucker, D. Zhou, E.E....
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