Single nucleotide polymorphisms of the maternal Msx2 gene and their association with fetal neural tube defects in Han ethnic group in Shanxi Province, China

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-379

  Guo, Li ^a,b   Zhao, Hong ^a   Pei, Yu Heng ^a   He, Quan Ren ^c   Li, Wan I ^c   Zhang, Ting ^d   Zheng, Xiao Ying ^e   Zhou, Ran ^a   Xie, Jun ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Linfen Vocational and Technical College ^*  (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Msx2; Neural tube defects; Protein modeling; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MSX2 GENE; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREDICTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551710201     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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