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Four novel FBN1 mutations: significance for mutant transcript level and EGF-like domain calcium binding in the pathogenesis of Marfan syndrome.
Genomics - 1 Aug 1993
Dietz H C, McIntosh I, Sakai L Y, Corson G M, Chalberg S C, Pyeritz R E, Francomano C A
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Defects of fibrillin (FBN1), a glycoprotein component of the extracellular microfibril, cause Marfan syndrome. This disorder is characterized by marked inter- and intrafamilial variation in phenotypic severity. To understand the molecular basis for this clinical observation, we have screened the fibrillin gene (FBN1) on chromosome 15, including the newly cloned 5' coding sequence, for disease-producing...
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