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Mutations in MAP3K7 that Alter the Activity of the TAK1 Signaling Complex Cause Frontometaphyseal Dysplasia.
American journal of human genetics - 4 Aug 2016
Wade Emma M, Daniel Philip B, Jenkins Zandra A, McInerney-Leo Aideen, Leo Paul, Morgan Tim, Addor Marie Claude, Adès Lesley C, Bertola Debora, Bohring Axel, Carter Erin, Cho Tae-Joon, Duba Hans-Christoph, Fletcher Elaine, Kim Chong A, Krakow Deborah, Morava Eva, Neuhann Teresa, Superti-Furga Andrea, Veenstra-Knol Irma, Wieczorek Dagmar, Wilson Louise C, Hennekam Raoul C M, Sutherland-Smith Andrew J, Strom Tim M, Wilkie Andrew O M, Brown Matthew A, Duncan Emma L, Markie David M, Robertson Stephen P
Abstract excerpt
Frontometaphyseal dysplasia (FMD) is a progressive sclerosing skeletal dysplasia affecting the long bones and skull. The cause of FMD in some individuals is gain-of-function mutations in FLNA, although how these mutations result in a hyperostotic phenotype remains unknown. Approximately one half of individuals with FMD have no identified mutation in FLNA and are phenotypically very similar to individuals with...
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