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The forkhead transcription factor gene FKHL7 is responsible for glaucoma phenotypes which map to 6p25.
Nature genetics - 1 Jun 1998
Nishimura D Y, Swiderski R E, Alward W L, Searby C C, Patil S R, Bennet S R, Kanis A B, Gastier J M, Stone E M, Sheffield V C
Abstract excerpt
A number of different eye disorders with the presence of early-onset glaucoma as a component of the phenotype have been mapped to human chromosome 6p25. These disorders have been postulated to be either allelic to each other or associated with a cluster of tightly linked genes. We have identified two primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) patients with chromosomal anomalies involving 6p25. In order to identify a gene...
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