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Association of CDH1 promoter polymorphism and the risk of non-syndromic orofacial clefts in a Chinese Han population.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Jan 2011
Song Yanbin, Zhang Shuangyue
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: CDH1 plays a key role in cell adhesion, which is vital to normal craniofacial morphogenesis and palatal fusion. It is therefore attractive as a candidate gene for non-syndromic orofacial clefts (NSOC). The SNP rs16260 (C>A), locating upstream of the transcriptional start site of CDH1 promoter, has a significant effect on transcriptional activity and CDH1 expression. The aim of this study was to...
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