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Alagille syndrome associated with a paracentric inversion 20p12.2p13 disrupting the JAG1 gene.
American journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 2001
Stankiewicz P, Rujner J, Löffler C, Krüger A, Nimmakayalu M, Piłacik B, Krajewska-Walasek M, Gutkowska A, Hansmann I, Giannakudis I
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the human gene Jagged1 (JAG1) localized in 20p12 have been recently identified as causal for the anomalies found in patients with Alagille syndrome (AGS). This gene encodes a ligand for the Notch1 transmembrane receptor, which plays a key role in cell-to-cell signaling during differentiation and is conserved from C. elegans to human. We report a paracentric inversion (PAI) of chromosome 20p12.2p13 in...
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