Marfan syndrome linked to gene.

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  • Author(s): Brown, Phyllidia
  • Source:
    New Scientist. 7/27/91, Vol. 131 Issue 1779, p20. 1/3p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      MARFAN syndrome; GENES; CONNECTIVE tissues; PROTEINS
    • Abstract:
      Reports on U.S. researchers' identification of a gene linked with Marfan syndrome. Evidence confirming that the syndrome is caused by defects in fibrillin, a protein in connective tissue; Researchers' aim of discovering how fibrillin causes symptoms of the disease; Symptoms of Marfan syndrome.