Failure to detect connexin43 mutations in 38 cases of sporadic and familial heterotaxy

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1909-1912

  Gebbia, Marinella ^a   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^a   Casey, Brett ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

genetics; heart defects, congenital; molecular biology; morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029825134     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.8.1909     Document Type: Article

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