Loss of function and inhibitory effects of human CSX/NKX2.5 homeoprotein mutations associated with congenital heart disease

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 299-308

  Kasahara, Hideko ^a   Lee, Bora ^a   Schott, Jean Jacques ^b,f   Benson, D Woodrow ^c   Seidman, J G ^b   Seidman, Christine E ^b,d   Izumo, Seigo ^a,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DIMERIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA BINDING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033912859     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI9860     Document Type: Article

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