Molecular characterization of a novel PAX9 missense mutation causing posterior tooth agenesis

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-409

  Kapadia, Hitesh ^a,b   Frazier Bowers, Sylvia ^a,c   Ogawa, Takuya ^a   D'Souza, Rena N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Missense mutation; Msx1; Oligodontia; Pax9

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX9;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; CELL FRACTIONATION; DNA BINDING; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPODONTIA; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGODONTIA; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PAX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646165037     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201574     Document Type: Article

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