title: [FGFR2 gene mutation in a Chinese patient with Apert syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the disease-causing mutation in a Chinese patient with Apert syndrome (AS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples of the AS patient and his parents. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to amplify the exons 7 and 9 of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) gene. Then PCR products were sequenced bi-directionally.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A heterozygous 934C to G transversion in exon 7 of the FGFR2 gene was detected in the patient, which resulted in the substitution of tryptophan residue for serine at position 252 of FGFR2 protein (S252W). This mutation has been reported in AS patients previously.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This Chinese AS results from the 934 C to G mutation in exon 7 of FGFR2 gene.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Birth Defect Monitoring, Ministerial Key Laboratory of Women and Children's Diseases and Birth Defects, Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology of Birth Defects, West China Institutes for Women and Children's Health, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, P.R. China. daili_diamondlaser@126.com
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Na-na
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000168:Acrocephalosyndactylia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002648:Child; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2