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Nature Genetics  33, 462 - 463 (2003)
Published online: 3 March 2003; | doi:10.1038/ng1120

Mutations in SOX2 cause anophthalmia

Judy Fantes1, Nicola K. Ragge2, 3, Sally-Ann Lynch4, Niolette I. McGill1, J. Richard O. Collin3, Patricia N. Howard-Peebles5, Caroline Hayward1, Anthony J. Vivian6, Kathy Williamson1, Veronica van Heyningen1 & David R. FitzPatrick1

1  MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK.

2  Ophthalmology Department, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.

3  Adnexal Service, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.

4  Institute for Human Genetics, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

5  Genetics and IVF Institute, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.

6  Ophthalmic Departments, West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St. Edmunds and Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.

Correspondence should be addressed to David R. FitzPatrick david.fitzpatrick@hgu.mrc.ac.uk
A submicroscopic deletion containing SOX2 was identified at the 3q breakpoint in a child with t(3;11)(q26.3;p11.2) associated with bilateral anophthalmia. Subsequent SOX2 mutation analysis identified de novo truncating mutations of SOX2 in 4 of 35 (11%) individuals with anophthalmia. Both eyes were affected in all cases with an identified mutation.


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