fbn-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable calcium ion binding activity. Predicted to be located in membrane. Expressed in vulval cell. Used to study connective tissue disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including CREST syndrome; aortic disease (multiple); and bone disease (multiple). Is an ortholog of human FBN1 (fibrillin 1); FBN2 (fibrillin 2); and FBN3 (fibrillin 3).