Guanine Nucleotide-Binding Protein α Subunit Hypofunction in Children with Short Stature and Disproportionate Shortening of the 4th and 5th Metacarpals
Author(s) -
Ioana Inta,
Daniela Choukair,
Sebastian Bender,
Carolin Kneppo,
Sabine Knauer-Fischer,
Kahina Meyenburg,
Boris Ivandic,
Stefan M. Pfister,
Markus Bettendorf
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
hormone research in paediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.816
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1663-2826
pISSN - 1663-2818
DOI - 10.1159/000356928
Subject(s) - gnas complex locus , short stature , gs alpha subunit , phenotype , endocrinology , medicine , pseudohypoparathyroidism , protein subunit , biology , epigenetics , genetics , gene , g protein , parathyroid hormone , receptor , calcium
GNAS encodes the α subunit of the stimulatory G protein (Gsα). Maternal inherited Gsα mutations cause pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia (PHP-Ia), associated with shortening of the 4th and 5th metacarpals.
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