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Differential duplication of an intronic region in the NFATC1 gene in patients with congenital heart disease.
Genome - 1 Sept 2006
Yehya Amin, Souki Ramzi, Bitar Fadi, Nemer Georges
Abstract excerpt
Most forms of congenital heart disease (CHD) result from aberrations in cardiac morphogenesis including errors in septation, valve formation, and proper patterning of the great vessels. Transcription factors are key proteins that dictate mRNA synthesis rate and subsequent protein production in most eukaryotes. NFATC1 belongs to the Rel family of transcription factors. In mice, it is expressed in the embryonic...
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