Article
[From gene to disease; marenostrine and familial Mediterranean fever].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 2 Sept 2000
Breuning M H, Bakker E
Abstract excerpt
Familial mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disorder associated with mutations in the gene on chromosome 16 encoding the protein pyrine (marenostrine). Marenostrine is thought to stimulate the production of an inactivator of a chemotactic factor (possibly C5a). The mut...
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