HOXB1 Founder Mutation in Humans Recapitulates the Phenotype of Hoxb1[superscript −/−] Mice

Members of the highly conserved homeobox (HOX) gene family encode transcription factors that confer cellular and tissue identities along the antero-posterior axis of mice and humans. We have identified a founder homozygous missense mutation in HOXB1 in two families from a conservative German America...

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Main Authors: Webb, Bryn D., Shaaban, Sherin, Gaspar, Harald, Cunha, Luis F., Schubert, Christian R., Hao, Ke, Robson, Caroline D., Chan, Wai-Man, Andrews, Caroline, MacKinnon, Sarah, Oystreck, Darren T., Hunter, David G., Iacovelli, Anthony J., Ye, Xiaoqian, Camminady, Anne, Engle, Elizabeth C., Jabs, Ethylin Wang, Schubert, Christian R.
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91521