Loss of the BMP Antagonist, SMOC-1, Causes Ophthalmo-Acromelic (Waardenburg Anophthalmia) Syndrome in Humans and Mice

Ophthalmo-acromelic syndrome (OAS), also known as Waardenburg Anophthalmia syndrome, is defined by the combination of eye malformations, most commonly bilateral anophthalmia, with post-axial oligosyndactyly. Homozygosity mapping and subsequent targeted mutation analysis of a locus on 14q24.2 identif...

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Main Authors: Rainger, Joe, van Beusekom, Ellen, Ramsay, Jacqueline K., McKie, Lisa, Al-Gazali, Lihadh, Pallotta, Rosanna, Saponari, Anita, Branney, Peter, Fisher, Malcolm, Morrison, Harris, Bicknell, Louise, Gautier, Philippe, Perry, Paul, Sokhi, Kishan, Sexton, David, Bardakjian, Tanya M., Schneider, Adele S., Elcioglu, Nursel, Ozkinay, Ferda, Koenig, Rainer, Mégarbané, Andre, Semerci, C. Nur, Khan, Ayesha, Zafar, Saemah, Hennekam, Raoul, Sousa, Sérgio B., Ramos, Lina, Garavelli, Livia, Furga, Andrea Superti, Wischmeijer, Anita, Jackson, Ian J., Gillessen-Kaesbach, Gabriele, Brunner, Han G., Wieczorek, Dagmar, van Bokhoven, Hans, FitzPatrick, David R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3131273/