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A new locus-specific database (LSDB) for mutations in the TGFBR2 gene: UMD-TGFBR2.
Human mutation - 1 Jan 2008
Frederic Melissa Yana, Hamroun Dalil, Faivre Laurence, Boileau Catherine, Jondeau Guillaume, Claustres Mireille, Béroud Christophe, Collod-Béroud Gwenaëlle
Abstract excerpt
The implication of mutations in the TGFBR2 gene, known to be involved in cancers, in Marfan syndrome (MFS) and later in Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) and Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections (TAAD2) gives a new example of the complexity of one gene involved in multiple diseases. To date, known TGFBR2 mutations are not disease-specific and many mutations have to be accumulated before genotype-phenotype...
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