Identification of two novel CAKUT-causing genes by massively parallel exon resequencing of candidate genes in patients with unilateral renal agenesis

Kidney International

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-200

  Saisawat, Pawaree ^a   Tasic, Velibor ^b   Vega Warner, Virginia ^a   Kehinde, Elijah O ^c   Günther, Barbara ^d   Airik, Rannar ^a   Innis, Jeffrey W ^a   Hoskins, Bethan E ^a   Hoefele, Julia ^a   Otto, Edgar A ^a   Hildebrandt, Friedhelm ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Macedonia)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^d Department of Human Genetics   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

molecular genetics; renal agenesis; renal development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATGR2 GENE; BMP4 GENE; CDC5L GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMX2 GENE; EXON; EYA1 GENE; FOXC1 GENE; FRAS1 GENE; FRASER SYNDROME; FREM2 GENE; GATA1 GENE; GDF11 GENE; GDNF GENE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GFRA1 GENE; GREM1 GENE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HNF1B GENE; HOX11 GENE; HOXA11 GENE; HUMAN; KAL1 GENE; KIDNEY AGENESIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PAX2 GENE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RET GENE; ROBO2 GENE; SALL1 GENE; SIX1 GENE; SIX2 GENE; SIX5 GENE; SLIT2 GENE; SPRY1 GENE; TCF2 GENE; UPK3A GENE; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; USF2 GENE;

EID: 84855205262     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.315     Document Type: Article

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