Genetic Variants in ZIC1, ZIC2, and ZIC3 Are Not Major Risk Factors for Neural Tube Defects in Humans

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 124 A, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-47

  Klootwijk, Riko ^a   Groenen, Pascal ^a   Schijvenaars, Mascha ^a   Hol, Frans ^a   Hamel, Ben ^a   Straatman, Huub ^a   Steegers Theunissen, Régine ^a   Mariman, Edwin ^b   Franke, Barbara ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central nervous system malformations; Neural tube defects; Polyalanine tract; Zinc deficiency; Zinc dependent genes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINA BIFIDA; ZIC1 GENE; ZIC2 GENE; ZIC3 GENE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEUROPEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0942276985     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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