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[The role of the functional sites of the Merlin tumor suppressor in Drosophila spermatogenesis].
Genetika - 1 Oct 2010
Iudina O S, Golovnina K A, Dorogova N V, Kopyl S A, Bolobolova E U, Dubatolova T D, Shilova I É, Omel'ianchuk L V, Blinov A G, Chang L Sh
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The Merlin gene of Drosophila is homologous to the human Neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) gene an important regulator of proliferation and endocytosis of cell receptors. It was earlier shown that the Thr5 residue of the Drosophila Merlin protein was homologous to Ser518 of the human protein (which was a...
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