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[Characterization of the neurofibromatosis type 1 gene and neurofibromin's role in cells].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Jul 2000
Sakai A
Abstract excerpt
Neurofibromatosis type 1(NF1), a pleiotrophic autosomal dominant disorder, was first described in 1882 by Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen. The cloning of the NF1 gene located at 17q11.2 revealed that the gene contains 60 exons and spans 350 kb of genomic DNA in 1990. The gene product of NF1 is neurofibromin. Neurofibromin is a major negative regulator of the Ras pathway in cells, which transmits mitogenic...
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