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Spectrum and frequency of jagged1 (JAG1) mutations in Alagille syndrome patients and their families.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 1998
Krantz I D, Colliton R P, Genin A, Rand E B, Li L, Piccoli D A, Spinner N B
Abstract excerpt
Alagille syndrome (AGS) is a dominantly inherited disorder characterized by liver disease in combination with heart, skeletal, ocular, facial, renal, and pancreatic abnormalities. We have recently demonstrated that Jagged1 (JAG1) is the AGS gene. JAG1 encodes a ligand in the Notch intercellular signaling pathway. AGS is the first developmental disorder to be associated with this pathway and the first human...
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