Marfan’s syndrome is due to defect of?: (A) Elastin, (B) Collagen, (C) Fibrillin, (D) Lamillin
Answer is C. “Marfan's syndrome caused by a recurrent de novo missense mutation in the fibrillin-1 gene”
√ Mutations in the fibrillin-1 gene cause Marfan's syndrome
√ Mutations in the fibrillin-2 gene have been linked to Beals Syndrome.