Retina International's Scientific Newsletter - EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 1

	Retina International's Scientific Newsletter
Editor's Notes from literature on EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 1 (EFEMP1)

Recent update from: 19.12.1999

EFEMP1

Notes

Expressed in RPE, choroid, and neurosensory retina
Homologue to extracellular matrix glycoproteins
Contains EGF domain

Species: Homo sapiens

See also:

Chromosomal localisation	in man: 2p16-21
	in mouse:

Gene Data

Exons:

Primers:

Protein Data

Aminoacids:

Molecularweight	on SDS-PAGE:
	calculated:

Reference: (1)

Efemp1

Notes

Expressed in eye, lung, and less in brain, heart, kidney

Species: Mus musculus (domesticus)

See also:

Chromosomal localisation	in man:
	in mouse:

Gene Data

mRNA: 2.4 kb

Exons:

Primers:

Protein Data

Aminoacids:

Molecularweight	on SDS-PAGE:
	calculated:

Reference: (1)

References:

1. Stone, E.M., Lotery, A.J., Munier, F.L., Heon, E., Piguet, B., Guymer, R.H., Vandenburgh, K., Cousin, P., Nishimura, D., Swiderski, R.E., Silvestri, G., Mackey, D.A., Hageman, G.S., Bird, A.C., Sheffield, V.C., and Schorderet, D.F. A single EFEMP1 mutation associated with both Malattia Leventinese and Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy. 1999; Nat.Genet. 22: 199 - 202.
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