Novel FOXC2 Mutation in Hereditary Distichiasis Impairs DNA-Binding Activity and Transcriptional Activation

Distichiasis presents as double rows of eyelashes arising from aberrant differentiation of the meibomian glands of the eyelids, and it may be sporadic or hereditary. FOXC2 gene mutations in hereditary distichiasis are rarely reported. Here, we examined two generations of a Chinese family with heredi...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Leilei, He, Jie, Han, Bing, Lu, Linna, Fan, Jiayan, Zhang, He, Ge, Shengfang, Zhou, Yixiong, Jia, Renbing, Fan, Xianqun
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997055/