| Literature DB >> 8012397 |
M Velinov1, S A Slaugenhaupt, I Stoilov, C I Scott, J F Gusella, P Tsipouras.
Abstract
Achondroplasia is the most common type of genetic dwarfism. It is characterized by disproportionate short stature and other skeletal anomalies resulting from a defect in the maturation of the chondrocytes in the growth plate of the cartilage. We have now mapped the achondroplasia gene near the telomere of the short arm of chromosome 4 (4p16.3), by family linkage studies using 14 pedigrees. A positive lod score of z = 3.35 with no recombinants was obtained with an intragenic marker for IDUA. This localization will facilitate the positional cloning of the disease gene.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID： 8012397 DOI： 10.1038/ng0394-314
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN： 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330