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The impact of CFNS-causing EFNB1 mutations on ephrin-B1 function.
BMC medical genetics - 17 Jun 2010
Makarov Roman, Steiner Bernhard, Gucev Zoran, Tasic Velibor, Wieacker Peter, Wieland Ilse
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations of EFNB1 cause the X-linked malformation syndrome craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS). CFNS is characterized by an unusual phenotypic pattern of inheritance, because it affects heterozygous females more severely than hemizygous males. This sex-dependent inheritance has been explained by random X-inactivation in heterozygous females and the consequences of cellular interference of wild type and...
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