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Candidate Heterotaxy Gene FGFR4 Is Essential for Patterning of the Left-Right Organizer in Xenopus

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect, yet its genetic causes continue to be obscure. Fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4) recently emerged in a large patient exome sequencing study as a candidate disease gene for CHD and specifically heterotaxy. In heterotaxy, patter...

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Autores principales: Sempou, Emily, Lakhani, Osaamah Ali, Amalraj, Sarah, Khokha, Mustafa K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30564136
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01705