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Increased BRAF heterodimerization is the common pathogenic mechanism for noonan syndrome-associated RAF1 mutants.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Oct 2012
Wu Xue, Yin Jiani, Simpson Jeremy, Kim Kyoung-Han, Gu Shengqing, Hong Jenny H, Bayliss Peter, Backx Peter H, Neel Benjamin G, Araki Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Noonan syndrome (NS) is a relatively common autosomal dominant disorder characterized by congenital heart defects, short stature, and facial dysmorphia. NS is caused by germ line mutations in several components of the RAS-RAF-MEK-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, including both kinase-activating and kinase-impaired alleles of RAF1 (∼3 to 5%), which...
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