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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
We used conformation sensitive gel electrophoresis and direct sequencing of PCR products to screen for mutations in the cDNA for fibulin-2, an extracellular matrix protein, from 11 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms and two controls. When compared with the published reference sequence, a total of 14 single-base sequence variations were detected. Seven of the changes were neutral in that they did not result in an amino acid substitution. There were five missense changes at sites not conserved between human and mouse, and two missense changes at sites conserved between human and mouse. All but two of the sequence variants studied were also present in an additional set of 102 control alleles analyzed. One of these two changes was a missense mutation, but it did not segregate with abdominal aortic aneurysms in the family, whilst the other change was neutral. In conclusion, fibulin-2 has a large number of sequence variations in comparison with our previous analyses of type III collagen, and these variations will be useful in association studies. There was an excellent overall agreement between direct sequencing of PCR-products and conformation sensitive gel electrophoresis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1018-4813
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
642-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Fibulin-2 exhibits high degree of variability, but no structural changes concordant with abdominal aortic aneurysms.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI. kuivan@sanger.med.wayne.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't