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Functionally significant, rare transcription factor variants in tetralogy of Fallot.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Töpf Ana, Griffin Helen R, Glen Elise, Soemedi Rachel, Brown Danielle L, Hall Darroch, Rahman Thahira J, Eloranta Jyrki J, Jüngst Christoph, Stuart A Graham, O'Sullivan John, Keavney Bernard D, Goodship Judith A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Rare variants in certain transcription factors involved in cardiac development cause Mendelian forms of congenital heart disease. The purpose of this study was to systematically assess the frequency of rare transcription factor variants in sporadic patients with the cardiac outflow tract malformation tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). METHODS AND RESULTS: We sequenced the coding, 5'UTR, and 3'UTR regions of...
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