Reduced RET expression in gut tissue of individuals carrying risk alleles of Hirschsprung's disease

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1461-1467

  Miao, Xiaoping ^a,b   Leon, Thomas Yuk Yu ^b   Ngan, Elly Sau Wai ^b   So, Man Ting ^b   Yuan, Zheng Wei ^c   Lui, Vincent Chi Hang ^b   Chen, Yan ^b   Wong, Kenneth Kak Yuen ^b   Tam, Paul Kwong Hang ^b   Garcia Barceló, Mercè ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN RET;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE;

EID: 77952295135     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq020     Document Type: Article

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