A combined targeted mutation analysis of IRF6 gene would be useful in the first screening of oral facial clefts

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wu Chou, Yah Huei ^a,b   Lo, Lun Jou ^a,b   Chen, Kuo Ting Philip ^a   Chang, Chun Shin Frank ^a,b   Chen, Yu Ray ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

IRF6 gene; Mutation analyses; Orofacial clefts

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; CYSTINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 6; LYSINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CYSTS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; LIP; MALE; MUTATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84875081704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-14-37     Document Type: Article

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