FBN2
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FBN2
A gene on chromosome 5q23-q31 that encodes fibrillin 2, a member of the fibrillin family of glycoproteins, which is a component of connective tissue microfibrils and involved in elastic fibre assembly.Molecular pathology
FBN2 mutations cause congenital contractural arachnodactyly.
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