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Genomic variants of ATF3 in patients with hypospadias.
The Journal of urology - 1 Nov 2008
Kalfa Nicolas, Liu Benchun, Klein Ophir, Wang Ming-Hsieh, Cao Mei, Baskin Laurence S
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: ATF3, an estrogen responsive gene expressed during genital development, could be implicated in the etiology of hypospadias. ATF3 is up-regulated in the foreskin of patients with hypospadias and is implicated in suppression of the cell cycle, which may interfere with urethral cell growth. We sought to investigate the sequence of ATF3 in patients with hypospadias. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Direct sequencing of...
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