Genome-wide meta-analyses of nonsyndromic orofacial clefts identify novel associations between FOXE1 and all orofacial clefts, and TP63 and cleft lip with or without cleft palate

Human Genetics

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 275-286

  Leslie, Elizabeth J ^a   Carlson, Jenna C ^b   Shaffer, John R ^b   Butali, Azeez ^c   Buxó, Carmen J ^d   Castilla, Eduardo E ^e,f,g   Christensen, Kaare ^h   Deleyiannis, Fred W B ⁱ   Leigh Field, L ^j   Hecht, Jacqueline T ^k   Moreno, Lina ^c   Orioli, Ieda M ^f,l   Padilla, Carmencita ^m   Vieira, Alexandre R ^a,b   Wehby, George L ⁿ   Feingold, Eleanor ^a,b   Weinberg, Seth M ^a   Murray, Jeffrey C ^o   Beaty, Terri H ^p   Marazita, Mary L ^a,b,q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e CEMIC   (Argentina)

^f Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC)   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^l FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^m UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^p JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXE1; TUMOR PROTEIN 63; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXE1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TP63 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOINFORMATICS; CLEFT LIP FACE PALATE; CLEFT PALATE; ENHANCER REGION; EUROPEAN; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CLEFT LIP; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 85008182706     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-016-1754-7     Document Type: Article

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