Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3

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A fibroblast growth factor receptor that regulates chondrocyte growth and cell differentiation. Mutations in the gene for fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 have been associated with achondroplasia; thanatophoric dysplasia and neoplastic cell transformation.


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