DKK3
Dickkopf-related protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DKK3 gene.[1][2]
This gene encodes a protein that is a member of the dickkopf family. The secreted protein contains two cysteine rich regions and is involved in embryonic development through its interactions with the Wnt signaling pathway. The expression of this gene is decreased in a variety of cancer cell lines and it may function as a tumor suppressor gene. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein.[2]
References
- ↑ Krupnik VE, Sharp JD, Jiang C, Robison K, Chickering TW, Amaravadi L, Brown DE, Guyot D, Mays G, Leiby K, Chang B, Duong T, Goodearl AD, Gearing DP, Sokol SY, McCarthy SA (Dec 1999). “Functional and structural diversity of the human Dickkopf gene family”. Gene. 238 (2): 301–13. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00365-0. PMID 10570958.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: DKK3 dickkopf homolog 3 (Xenopus laevis)”.
Further reading
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