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Identification and characterization of a human smad3 splicing variant lacking part of the linker region.
Gene - 3 Mar 2004
Kjellman Christian, Honeth Gabriella, Järnum Sofia, Lindvall Magnus, Darabi Anna, Nilsson Ingar, Edvardsen Klaus, Salford Leif G, Widegren Bengt
Abstract excerpt
Smad3 is one of the signal transducers that are activated in response to transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). We have identified and characterized a splicing variant of smad3. The splicing variant (smad3-Delta3) lacks exon 3 resulting in a truncated linker region. We could detect mRNA expression of smad3-Delta3 in all investigated human tissues. Real-time PCR analyses demonstrated that the fraction of...
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