Abstract
Hox genes regulate patterning during limb development. It is believed that they function in the determination of the timing and extent of local growth rates. Here, it is demonstrated that synpolydactyly, an inherited human abnormality of the hands and feet, is caused by expansions of a polyalanine stretch in the amino-terminal region of HOXD13. The homozygous phenotype includes the transformation of metacarpal and metatarsal bones to short carpal- and tarsal-like bones. The mutations identify the polyalanine stretch outside of the DNA binding domain of HOXD13 as a region necessary for proper protein function.
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Created | 18 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 27, 2006, 2:30 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 12, 2024, 4:53 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 month, 4 weeks ago (July 1, 2025, 7:12 p.m.) |
Issued | 29 years, 4 months ago (April 26, 1996) |
Published | 29 years, 4 months ago (April 26, 1996) |
Published Print | 29 years, 4 months ago (April 26, 1996) |
@article{Muragaki_1996, title={Altered Growth and Branching Patterns in Synpolydactyly Caused by Mutations in HOXD13}, volume={272}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.272.5261.548}, DOI={10.1126/science.272.5261.548}, number={5261}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Muragaki, Yasuteru and Mundlos, Stefan and Upton, Joseph and Olsen, Bjorn R.}, year={1996}, month=apr, pages={548–551} }