Craniofacial birth defects: The role of neural crest cells in the etiology and pathogenesis of Treacher Collins syndrome and the potential for prevention

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 152 A, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2984-2994

  Trainor, Paul A ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial; Neural crest cells; P53; Ribosome biogenesis; Tcof1 Treacle; Treacher Collins syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1A; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROGENIN 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TREACLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; BIRTH DEFECT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

CHILD; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS;

EID: 78649662342     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33454     Document Type: Review

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