Chromosome 5

DTD. Radiograph of the hand of a patient with diastrophic dysplasia, caused by mutations in a gene encoding a sulfate transport protein IMAGE CREDIT: Eric Lander, Whitehead Institute, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA SRD5A1. Discovery of the plant homolog of human steroid 5-alpha reductase links botany to endocrinology and may lead to new drugs IMAGE CREDIT: J. Chory, The Salk Institute, CA, USA. Reprinted from THE PLANT CELL, by permission.