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Twelve novel JAG1 gene mutations in Polish Alagille syndrome patients.
Human mutation - 1 Mar 2005
Jurkiewicz Dorota, Popowska Ewa, Gläser Christiane, Hansmann Ingo, Krajewska-Walasek Małgorzata
Abstract excerpt
Alagille syndrome (AGS) is an autosomal dominant disorder with developmental abnormalities of the liver, heart, eyes, vertebrae, and face. Mutations in the JAG1 (Jagged 1) gene, coding a ligand in the evolutionarily conserved Notch signaling pathway, are responsible for AGS. Here we present sixteen different JAG1 gene mutations, among them twelve novel, not described previously. Seven frameshift: c. 172_178del7...
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