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- noun A
glycoprotein present in human skin, necessary for forming the elastic fibres in connective tissue.
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Examples
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For starters, his focus was on genes that had never been shown to play a role in Marfan-like diseases, rather than more probable culprits such as fibrillin-2.
DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code 2009
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For starters, his focus was on genes that had never been shown to play a role in Marfan-like diseases, rather than more probable culprits such as fibrillin-2.
DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code 2009
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But now that I think about it, why is limb length longer due to a fibrillin malfunction?
4 paragraphs to explain my disease plus: Love a Puffin, Masturbate and living. Elizabeth McClung 2009
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In Marfans syndrome fibrillin gene mutation is responsible for this structural lipoprotein changes causing dilatation of aortic wall.
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For example, EPH receptor A3 and fibrillin 1 are overexpressed in the stromal compartment of both chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.
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Fbn, fibrillin gene • Fbln, fibulin gene • pAb, polyclonal antibody • rF, recombinant fibrillin • PBS, phosphate-buffered saline.
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Ono, R. N., Sengle, G., Charbonneau, N. L., Carlbe 2009
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To my surprise, the Boots cream stimulated the production of fibrillin [a protein associated with the creation of elastin and collagen], the skin’s equivalent of the springs found in a mattress.
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