The forkhead transcription factor gene FKHL7 is responsible for glaucoma phenotypes which map to 6p25

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Summary

FKHL7, encoding a forkhead transcription factor, is in close proximity to the breakpoint in the balanced translocation patient and is deleted in a second PCG patient with partial 6p monosomy, demonstrating that mutations in FKHL 7 cause a spectrum of glaucoma phenotypes.

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Published
1998-06-01
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Breakpoint, Biology, Genetics, Positional cloning, Phenotype

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