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A Dutch family with tooth agenesis and various combinations of cleft palate only and cleft lip and cleft palate showed a nonsense mutation (Ser104stop) in exon 1 of MSX1. The mutant phenotype of the family is similar to that of the Msx1-mutant mouse.
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van den Boogaard, MJ., Dorland, M., Beemer, F. et al. MSX1 mutation is associated with orofacial clefting and tooth agenesis in humans. Nat Genet 24, 342–343 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/74155
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