Novel NKX2-5 mutations identified in patients with congenital ventricular septal defects

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 89, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 2395-2399

  Liu, Xing Yuan ^a   Yang, Yi Qing ^a   Yang, Ying ^a   Lin, Xiao Ping ^a   Chen, Yi Han ^a  

^a TONGJI HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heart defects, congenital; Heart septal defects, ventricular; NKX2 5; Regulatory elements, transcriptional

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NKX2 5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NKX2-5 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84871442934     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2009.34.006     Document Type: Article

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