© 1995 Oxford University Press
Molecular dissection of a contiguous gene syndrome: localization of the genes involved in the Langer—Giedion syndrome
Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum, Hufelandstraβe 55 D-45122 Essen, Germany 1 Department of Biology and Institute for Molecular Biology, University of Houston, Houston TX 77204–5513, USA 2 Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp-UIA Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium 3 Centre for Medical Genetics, Women's and Children's Hospital North Adelaide, SA 5006, Australia 4 Institute of Human Genetics, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel 5 Stichting Klinische Genetica Limburg Beeldsnijdersdreef 101, NL-6216 EA Maastricht, The Netherlands
*To Whom correspondence should be addressed
Received September 8, 1994; Accepted November 8, 1994
The Langer-Giedion syndrome (tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome type II, TRPS II) is characterized by craniofacial dysmorphism and skeletal abnormalities. It combines the clinical features of TRPS I and multiple cartilaginous exostoses (EXT). We have used YAC cloning, Southern blotting, PCR analysis, and fluorescence in situ hybridization to study chromosome 8 deletions, translocatlons, an inversion, and an Insertion in patients with TRPS I, TRPS II or EXT. Our results indicate that the TRPS gene maps more than 1,000 kb proximal to the EXT1 gene and that both genes are affected in TRPS II. We conclude that TRPS II is not due to pleiotropic effects of mutations in a single gene, but that it is a true contiguous gene syndrome.
+Present address: Institute for Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
![]()
CiteULike
Connotea
Del.icio.us What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
P. Kantaputra, I. Miletich, H.-J. Ludecke, E.Y. Suzuki, V. Praphanphoj, R. Shivdasani, M. Wuelling, A. Vortkamp, D. Napierala, and P.T. Sharpe Tricho-Rhino-Phalangeal Syndrome with Supernumerary Teeth Journal of Dental Research, November 1, 2008; 87(11): 1027 - 1031. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
I. S. D. Roberts and J. M. Gleadle Familial Nephropathy and Multiple Exostoses With Exostosin-1 (EXT1) Gene Mutation J. Am. Soc. Nephrol., March 1, 2008; 19(3): 450 - 453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
B. C. J. van der Eerden, M. Karperien, and J. M. Wit Systemic and Local Regulation of the Growth Plate Endocr. Rev., December 1, 2003; 24(6): 782 - 801. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
T B Lewis, L Nelson, K Ward, and R J Leach A radiation hybrid map of 40 loci for the distal long arm of human chromosome 8. Genome Res., November 1, 1995; 5(4): 334 - 341. [Abstract] [PDF] |
||||



