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EI24

Introduction

Etoposide-induced protein 2.4 homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EI24 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene has higher expression in p53-expressing cells than in control cells and is an immediate-early induction target of p53-mediated apoptosis. The protein encoded by this gene contains six putative transmembrane domains and may suppress cell growth by inducing apoptotic cell death through the caspase 9 and mitochondrial pathways. This gene is located on human chromosome 11q24, a region frequently altered in cancers. Alternative splicing results in two transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[3]

References

References

  1. ↑ Gu Z, Flemington C, Chittenden T, Zambetti GP (Jan 2000). “ei24, a p53 response gene involved in growth suppression and apoptosis”. Mol Cell Biol. 20 (1): 233–41. doi:10.1128/MCB.20.1.233-241.2000. PMC 85079. PMID 10594026.
  2. ↑ Polyak K, Xia Y, Zweier JL, Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B (Sep 1997). “A model for p53-induced apoptosis”. Nature. 389 (6648): 300–5. doi:10.1038/38525. PMID 9305847.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: EI24 etoposide induced 2.4 mRNA”.
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