Understanding the low penetrance of bone morphogenetic protein receptor 2 gene mutations: Another needle in the haystack

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1818-1820

  James White, R ^a   Morrell, Nicholas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alternative splicing; bone morphogenetic protein receptors, type II; Editorials; gene expression; hypertension, pulmonary; penetrance

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 2; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE;

EID: 84867243032     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.135004     Document Type: Review

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