Mutation in the transcriptional coactivator EYA4 causes dilated cardiomyopathy and sensorineural hearing loss

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 418-422

  Schönberger, Jost ^a,b,c,d   Wang, Libin ^a,b   Shin, Jordan T ^e   Sang, Do Kim ^a   Depreux, Frederic F S ^a,b   Zhu, Hao ^f   Zon, Leonard ^f   Pizard, Anne ^a   Kim, Jae B ^a,b   MacRae, Calum A ^e   Mungall, Andy J ^g   Seidman, J G ^a,b   Seidman, Christine E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN EYA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXONS; EYE PROTEINS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEART; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 20144387707     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1527     Document Type: Article

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