"Fibrillin-1" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fibrillin (FBN1) that functions as a structural support protein for MICROFIBRILS. It also regulates the maturation of OSTEOBLASTS by controlling the availability and concentration of TGF-BETA and BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS. Mutations in the FBN1 gene are associated with MARFAN SYNDROME.
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D000071838
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.400.430.875.500 D12.776.395.341.500 D12.776.860.300.400.500
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