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FAM129A

Protein Niban is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FAM129A gene.[1][2][3] Paralogs of this protein include FAM129B, and FAM129C.[4]


References

References

  1. Cerutti JM, Delcelo R, Amadei MJ, Nakabashi C, Maciel RM, Peterson B, Shoemaker J, Riggins GJ (Apr 2004). “A preoperative diagnostic test that distinguishes benign from malignant thyroid carcinoma based on gene expression”. J Clin Invest. 113 (8): 1234–42. doi:10.1172/JCI19617. PMC 385398. PMID 15085203.
  2. Maciel RM, Kimura ET, Cerutti JM (Jan 2006). “[Pathogenesis of differentiated thyroid cancer (papillary and follicular)]”. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol. 49 (5): 691–700. doi:10.1590/S0004-27302005000500009. PMID 16444351.
  3. “Entrez Gene: FAM129A family with sequence similarity 129, member A”.
  4. https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=FAM129A&search=0dc06d32f4b1591dfb90a182c78a6d99
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