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The c.1138G>A Variant of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 3 is a Common Cause of Achondroplasia in Pakistan

The c.1138G>A Variant of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 3 is a Common Cause of Achondroplasia in Pakistan

Niaz Muhammad1, Samina Yasin1, Zunaira Fatima1, Noor ul Ain1, 
Muhammad Faizan2 and Sadaf Naz1*

1School of Biological Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore
2 Institute of Process Engineering, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
 
Niaz Muhammad and Samina Yasinshould be considered joint first author.

*      Corresponding author: naz.sbs@pu.edu.pk

Fig. 1.

(a) Pedigree of the family ACH8 in which members exhibited dominantly inherited achondroplasia. (b) Chromatogram for FGFR3 selected region showing the most common transition c.G1138>A variant. The arrow indicates the point of mutation.

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

April

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 2, pp. 503-1000

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