A novel mutation in human PAX9 causes molar oligodontia

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-133

  Frazier Bowers, S A ^a   Guo, D C ^a   Cavender, A ^a   Xue, L ^a   Evans, B ^b   King, T ^a   Milewicz, D ^a   D'Souza, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Orthodontics   (United States)

Author keywords

Frame shift mutation; Oligodontia; PAX9; Tooth agenesis

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PAX9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX9;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMINANT GENE; EXON; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPODONTIA; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ANODONTIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LOD SCORE; MALE; MOLAR; MUTATION; ODONTOGENESIS; PAX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036479444     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0810129     Document Type: Article

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