Identification of a novel ZIC3 isoform and mutation screening in patients with heterotaxy and congenital heart disease.

Patients with heterotaxy have characteristic cardiovascular malformations, abnormal arrangement of their visceral organs, and midline patterning defects that result from abnormal left-right patterning during embryogenesis. Loss of function of the transcription factor ZIC3 causes X-linked heterotaxy...

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Main Authors: James E J Bedard, Allison M Haaning, Stephanie M Ware
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3157443?pdf=render