{"id":7819,"date":"2019-05-22T16:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/elastin_-gene\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:00:59","slug":"elastin_-gene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/elastin_-gene\/","title":{"rendered":"Elastin (gene)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main structural protein in elastic tissues of the body such as intestines, large blood vessels (arteries), ligaments, lungs, and tendons. &nbsp;It functions together with collagen in connective tissue:&nbsp;collagen supplies rigidity, whereas elastin allows the tissues to stretch and recoil to their original positions. &nbsp;Once elastin is no longer produced soon after puberty, the ageing process begins. &nbsp;The gene for making elastin was identified as being on chromosome 7, and is missing (a micro deletion) in individuals with Williams syndrome on one these chromosomes. &nbsp;These individuals have problems with organs requiring elasticity such as arteries, intestines and joints. &nbsp;The discovery that the elastin gene is deleted on one of the number 7 chromosomes was made by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.williams-france.org\/images\/010409-114649WBS%20Review.pdf\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.williams-france.org\/images\/010409-114649WBS%20Review.pdf&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colleen Morris<\/a> and co-workers in 1993.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"aortic_hypoplasia\">Aortic hypoplasia<\/a>, <a href=\"collagen\">Collagen<\/a>, Limkinase I gene, <a href=\"proteins\">Proteins<\/a>, Structural protein, Supraalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS), <a href=\"williams_syndrome\">Williams syndrome<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main structural protein in elastic tissues of the body such as intestines, large blood vessels (arteries), ligaments, lungs, and tendons. &nbsp;It functions together with collagen in connective tissue:&nbsp;collagen supplies rigidity, whereas elastin allows the tissues to stretch and recoil to their original positions. &nbsp;Once elastin is no longer produced soon after puberty, the ageing &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/elastin_-gene\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Elastin (gene)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-7819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}