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Germline mutations in HRAS proto-oncogene cause Costello syndrome.
Nature genetics - 1 Oct 2005
Aoki Yoko, Niihori Tetsuya, Kawame Hiroshi, Kurosawa Kenji, Ohashi Hirofumi, Tanaka Yukichi, Filocamo Mirella, Kato Kumi, Suzuki Yoichi, Kure Shigeo, Matsubara Yoichi
Abstract excerpt
Costello syndrome is a multiple congenital anomaly and mental retardation syndrome characterized by coarse face, loose skin, cardiomyopathy and predisposition to tumors. We identified four heterozygous de novo mutations of HRAS in 12 of 13 affected individuals, all of which were previously reported as somatic and oncogenic mutations in various tumors. Our observations suggest that germline mutations in HRAS...
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