Fibrillin-2
The FBN2 gene encodes a component of connective tissue microfibrils. Mutations cause autosomal dominant congenital contractural arachnodactyly and early-onset macula degeneration.
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Putnam EA et al. (1995) Fibrillin-2 (FBN2) mutations result in the Marfan-like disorder, congenital contractural arachnodactyly.
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Sampson MG et al. (2010) Evidence for a recurrent microdeletion at chromosome 16p11.2 associated with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) and Hirschsprung disease.
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Quondamatteo F et al. (2002) Fibrillin-1 and fibrillin-2 in human embryonic and early fetal development.
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Lin G et al. (2002) Homo- and heterotypic fibrillin-1 and -2 interactions constitute the basis for the assembly of microfibrils.
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Trask TM et al. (1999) N-terminal domains of fibrillin 1 and fibrillin 2 direct the formation of homodimers: a possible first step in microfibril assembly.
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Babcock D et al. (1998) A single mutation that results in an Asp to His substitution and partial exon skipping in a family with congenital contractural arachnodactyly.
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Maslen C et al. (1997) A rare branch-point mutation is associated with missplicing of fibrillin-2 in a large family with congenital contractural arachnodactyly.
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Li X et al. (1993) Fibrillin genes map to regions of conserved mouse/human synteny on mouse chromosomes 2 and 18.
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Wang M et al. (1995) Recurrent mis-splicing of fibrillin exon 32 in two patients with neonatal Marfan syndrome.
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Ratnapriya R et al. (2014) Rare and common variants in extracellular matrix gene Fibrillin 2 (FBN2) are associated with macular degeneration.
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Belleh S et al. (2000) Two novel fibrillin-2 mutations in congenital contractural arachnodactyly.
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Putnam EA et al. (1997) Parental somatic and germ-line mosaicism for a FBN2 mutation and analysis of FBN2 transcript levels in dermal fibroblasts.
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Wang M et al. (1996) Familial occurrence of typical and severe lethal congenital contractural arachnodactyly caused by missplicing of exon 34 of fibrillin-2.
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Zhang H et al. (1994) Structure and expression of fibrillin-2, a novel microfibrillar component preferentially located in elastic matrices.
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Zhang H et al. (1995) Developmental expression of fibrillin genes suggests heterogeneity of extracellular microfibrils.
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Lee B et al. (1991) Linkage of Marfan syndrome and a phenotypically related disorder to two different fibrillin genes.
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NCBI article
NCBI 2201
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OMIM.ORG article
Omim 612570
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Orphanet article
Orphanet ID 121760
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Wikipedia article
Wikipedia EN (Fibrillin)
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Update: Aug. 14, 2020