IDENTIFICATION OF LOCI CONTRIBUTING TO THE SMITH-MAGENIS SYNDROME-LIKE PHENOTYPE AND MOLECULAR EVALUATION OF THE RETINOIC ACID INDUCED 1 GENE

Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is a multiple congenital abnormalities intellectual disability syndrome that results from a deletion of chromosome 17p11.2 or mutation of the retinoic acid inducted one gene (RAI1). SMS is characterized by a multitude of phenotypic features including craniofacial defect...

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Main Author: Williams, Stephen
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2010
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/65
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1064&context=etd