Letter F

Fibulin 3

A protein that belongs to a family of extracellular proteins expressed in the basement membranes of blood vessels.

The gene that encodes fibulin 3 is FBLN3 (or EFEMP1).

FBLN3 is located on chromosome 2 in band 2p16. A single mutation in FBLN3 is responsible for an autosomal dominant form of macular degeneration.

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