Gene discovery and vesicoureteric reflux

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1021-1027

  Murawski, Inga J ^a   Gupta, Indra R ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital VUR; Intravesical ureter; Mouse models; Ureteric bud

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PROTEIN RET; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIM1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UROPLAKIN; UROPLAKIN II; UROPLAKIN III;

DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; URETER DUPLICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; URETER; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 44449099177     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0704-y     Document Type: Review

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