title: [Two novel mutations in fibrillin-1 gene of Marfan syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To detect novel mutations in the fibrillin-1(FBN1) gene by screening the gene from 9 patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) was used to screen for FBN1 mutation exon by exon. The DNA amplification fragments of which the DHPLC elution profiles showed difference in comparison with the corresponding normal elution profile were sequenced to identify the position and nature of mutation. The detected mutations were further proved by allele specific PCR or restriction fragment length polymorphism.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two novel FBN1 gene mutations were found and identified in two Marfan patients respectively, one of which was a small insertion in exon 34 at nucleotide 4307-4308 (4307insTCGT) and the other a missense mutation in exon 43 at nucleotide 5309 (5309G>A).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings suggested that the frameshift mutation (4307insTCGT) and point mutation (5309G>A) caused the corresponding patients to have MFS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Laboratory, Provincial Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001 P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yanan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Falin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xiaoning
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D000071838:Fibrillin-1; D000071837:Fibrillins; D016368:Frameshift Mutation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017354:Point Mutation; D054392:Adipokines
chemical_list: D000071838:Fibrillin-1; D000071837:Fibrillins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; C000605722:FBN1 protein, human; D054392:Adipokines