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Menin: the protein behind the MEN1 syndrome.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2009
Papaconstantinou Maria, Maslikowski Bart M, Pepper Alicia N, Bédard Pierre-André
Abstract excerpt
The cloning of the MEN1 gene in 1997 led to the characterization of menin, the protein behind the multiple endocrine neoplasia Type 1 syndrome. Menin, a novel nuclear protein with no homology to other gene products, is expressed ubiquitously. MEN1 missense mutations are dispersed along the coding region of the gene but are more common in the most conserved regions. Likewise, domains of protein interaction often...
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