Holt-oram syndrome and atrial fibrillation: Opening the (T)-box

Circulation Research

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1304-1306

  Cerbai, Elisabetta ^a   Sartiani, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE PRECURSOR PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 5;

DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HOLT ORAM SYNDROME; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; MOUSE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MUTATION; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENOTYPE; HEART; HUMANS; MICE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 44949175085     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.178079     Document Type: Editorial

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