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RILM: a web-based resource to aid comparative and functional analysis of the insulin and IGF-1 receptor family.
Human mutation - 1 Jul 2007
Garza-Garcia Acely, Patel Dhaval S, Gems David, Driscoll Paul C
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The metazoan receptors for insulin (INSR), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1R), and other insulin-like molecules are transmembrane tyrosine kinases involved in the regulation of cell size, cell proliferation, development, signaling of nutritional and environmental conditions, and aging. Historically, mutations in the human insulin receptor have been studied because such changes often lead to severe insulin...
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