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Novel SOX2 mutations and genotype-phenotype correlation in anophthalmia and microphthalmia.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Dec 2009
Schneider Adele, Bardakjian Tanya, Reis Linda M, Tyler Rebecca C, Semina Elena V
Abstract excerpt
SOX2 represents a High Mobility Group domain containing transcription factor that is essential for normal development in vertebrates. Mutations in SOX2 are known to result in a spectrum of severe ocular phenotypes in humans, also typically associated with other systemic defects. Ocular phenotypes include anophthalmia/microphthalmia (A/M), optic nerve hypoplasia, ocular coloboma and other eye anomalies. We...
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