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Alternative Gnas gene products have opposite effects on glucose and lipid metabolism.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 May 2005
Chen Min, Gavrilova Oksana, Liu Jie, Xie Tao, Deng Chuxia, Nguyen Annie T, Nackers Lisa M, Lorenzo Javier, Shen Laura, Weinstein Lee S
Abstract excerpt
Gnas is an imprinted gene with multiple gene products resulting from alternative splicing of different first exons onto a common exon 2. These products include stimulatory G protein alpha-subunit (G(s)alpha), the G protein required for receptor-stimulated cAMP production; extralarge G(s)alpha (XLalphas), a paternally expressed G(s)alpha isoform; and neuroendocrine-specific protein (NESP55), a maternally expressed...
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