Toward understanding the genetic basis of neural tube defects

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-310

  Kibar, Zoha ^a   Capra, V ^b   Gros, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal models; Convergent extension; Folate related genes; Genetic basis; Neural tube defects; Planar cell polarity; Preventive mechanisms

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DISHEVELLED PROTEIN; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A5; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A7; FOLATE RECEPTOR; FOLIC ACID; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOX PROTEIN; INOSITOL; METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVOMORULIN; VALPROIC ACID; WNT PROTEIN;

BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CELL DIVISION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG RESPONSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXENCEPHALY; GASTRULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MECKEL SYNDROME; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THERAPY RESISTANCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CILIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247570440     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00793.x     Document Type: Review

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