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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-27
pubmed:abstractText
Muenke syndrome, also known as FGFR3-associated coronal synostosis, is defined molecularly by the presence of a heterozygous nucleotide transversion, c.749C>G, encoding the amino acid substitution Pro250Arg, in the fibroblast growth factor receptor type 3 gene (FGFR3). This frequently occurs as a new mutation, manifesting one of the highest documented rates for any transversion in the human genome. To understand the biology of this mutation, we have investigated its parental origin, and the ages of the parents, in 19 families with de novo c.749C>G mutations. All ten informative cases originated from the paternal allele (95% confidence interval 74-100% paternal); the average paternal age at birth overall was 34.7 years. An exclusive paternal origin of mutations, and increased paternal age, were previously described for a different mutation (c.1138G>A) of the FGFR3 gene causing achondroplasia, as well as for mutations of the related FGFR2 gene causing Apert, Crouzon and Pfeiffer syndromes. We conclude that similar biological processes are likely to shape the occurrence of this c.749C>G mutation as for other mutations of FGFR3 as well as FGFR2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0340-6717
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Springer-Verlag
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
200-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Child, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Craniosynostoses, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Paternal Age, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15241680-Syndrome
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Paternal origin of FGFR3 mutations in Muenke-type craniosynostosis.
pubmed:affiliation
NDCLS, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, The John Radcliffe, Headington, Oxford, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't