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A novel deletion mutation of the EXT2 gene in a large Chinese pedigree with hereditary multiple exostosis.
British journal of cancer - 20 Jul 2001
Xiao C Y, Wang J, Zhang S Z, Van Hul W, Wuyts W, Qiu W M, Wu H, Zhang G
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary multiple exostoses (EXT) is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by the formation of cartilage-capped prominences (exostoses) that develop from the juxta-epiphyseal regions of the long bones. 3 genes are known to be involved in the formation of exostoses. Among them, EXT1 and EXT2, which encode enzymes that catalyse the biosynthesis of heparan sulfate, an important component of the extracellular...
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