Exclusion of WTAP and HOXA13 as Candidate Genes for Isolated Hypospadias

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 498-501

  Utsch, Boris ^a,c   Kaya, Ali ^a   Özburun, Atila ^a   Lentze, Michael J ^a   Albers, Norbert ^b   Ludwig, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Kinderhospital Osnabruck   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candidate gene; HOXA13; Hypospadias; WTAP

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOXA13; PROTEIN WTAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARRIER PROTEINS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0347756687     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365590310014517     Document Type: Article

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