Left-right axis malformations associated with mutations in ACVR2B, the gene for human activin receptor type IIB

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-76

  Kosaki, Rika ^a   Gebbia, Marinella ^a   Kosaki, Kenjiro ^a   Lewin, Mark ^a   Bowers, Peter ^b   Towbin, Jeffry A ^a   Casey, Brett ^a,c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACVR2B; situs ambiguus; situs inversus; left right axis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITUS INVERSUS;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GOLDFISH; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITUS INVERSUS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032919663     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990101)82:1<70::AID-AJMG14>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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