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Identification of a novel role of ZIC3 in regulating cardiac development.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Jul 2007
Zhu Lirong, Harutyunyan Karine G, Peng Jian Lan, Wang Jun, Schwartz Robert J, Belmont John W
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in ZIC3 cause X-linked heterotaxy, a disorder characterized by abnormal lateralization of normally asymmetric thoracic and abdominal organs. Animal models demonstrate an early role for ZIC3 in embryonic left-right (LR) patterning. ZIC3 mutations have also been described in patients with isolated cardiovascular malformations. We wished to address the hypothesis that ZIC3 has plieotropic effects in...
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