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PAPPA2

Pappalysin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PAPPA2 gene.[1][2][3]

References

References

  1. Farr M, Strube J, Geppert HG, Kocourek A, Mahne M, Tschesche H (Nov 2000). “Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-E (PAPP-E)”. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1493 (3): 356–62. doi:10.1016/s0167-4781(00)00195-0. PMID 11018262.
  2. Overgaard MT, Boldt HB, Laursen LS, Sottrup-Jensen L, Conover CA, Oxvig C (Jun 2001). “Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A2 (PAPP-A2), a novel insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-5 proteinase”. J Biol Chem. 276 (24): 21849–53. doi:10.1074/jbc.M102191200. PMID 11264294.
  3. “Entrez Gene: PAPPA2 pappalysin 2”.
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