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EXT1 Homepage

Links to the Online Mendelian Inheritance of Man (OMIM)

• Hereditary Multiple Exostoses, Type 1 Contains detailed information and links to various resources for EXT1 (Chromosome 8).
• Hereditary Multiple Exostoses, Type 2 Contains detailed information and links to various resources for EXT2 (Chromosome 11).
• Clinical Synopsis, EXT 1. Contains brief synopsis of clinical characteristics of EXT1.
• Clinical Synopsis, EXT2. Contains brief synopsis of clinical characteristics of EXT2.
• Go to OMIM home page.Allows you to search for information on any inherited disease.

Reference Links

• View EXT Bibliographic Citations. Contains list of Journal citations relevant to EXT. Most citations have abstract links.
• Perform your own reference search. Allows you to do your own reference search using key words.
• Oncolink Contains links to a multitude of cancer related sites.
  

General Information for the Non-Scientist

• General Description. Contains a layman's description of hereditary multiple exostoses.
• Family Support Group Contains information on support groups available for hereditary multiple exostoses affected individuals and families.
• MHE Research Foundation. Provides information about current research and more.

Physical maps and Sequences.

• Chomosome 8 location of EXT1. This is a G-banded ideogram of human chromosome 8. It shows the general location of EXT1 in relationship to the entire chromosome.
• The LGS MRO, which contains the EXTI gene. This map details a 4 megabase region spanning the minimal region of chromosome 8 that is usually deleted in LGS patients. It includes the EXT1 and TRPS I genes.
• The EXT1 gene structure.This map shows the Intron/Exon structure of the EXT1 gene.
• The EXT1 DNA and protein sequences. This page includes genomic DNA, cDNA and protein sequence data along with some sequence analysis.