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Novel missense mutations in PAX9 causing oligodontia.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Jun 2012
Liang Jia, Song Guangtai, Li Qing, Bian Zhuan
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OBJECTIVE: We investigated the disease-causing gene of oligodontia in Chinese families and analysed the pathogenesis of mutations of this gene that results in oligodontia. METHODS: Two families with oligodontia, but of different descent and 100 unrelated healthy controls were enrolled in our study. Genomic DNA was isolated from blood samples. Mutation analysis was performed by amplifying MSX1 and PAX9 exons and...
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