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Functional mutant GATA4 identification and potential application in preimplantation diagnosis of congenital heart diseases.
Gene - 30 Jan 2018
Yu You, Lei Wei, Yang Junjie, Wei Yan-Chang, Zhao Zhen-Ling, Zhao Zhen-Ao, Hu Shijun
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Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) affect nearly 1% of all neonates and show an increasing tendency. The complex inheritance patterns and multifactorial etiologies make these defects difficult to be identified before complete manifestation. Genetic screening has identified hundreds of specific mutant sites for CHDs based on cardiac transcriptional factors. GATA4 is a master regulator required for ventral...
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