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PARVB

Beta-parvin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PARVB gene.[1][2][3]

Members of the parvin family, including PARVB, PARVA and PARVG, are actin-binding proteins associated with focal contacts.[supplied by OMIM][3]

References

References

  1. Lai CH, Chou CY, Ch’ang LY, Liu CS, Lin W (Aug 2000). “Identification of novel human genes evolutionarily conserved in Caenorhabditis elegans by comparative proteomics”. Genome Res. 10 (5): 703–13. doi:10.1101/gr.10.5.703. PMC 310876. PMID 10810093.
  2. Olski TM, Noegel AA, Korenbaum E (Feb 2001). “Parvin, a 42 kDa focal adhesion protein, related to the alpha-actinin superfamily”. J Cell Sci. 114 (Pt 3): 525–38. PMID 11171322.
  3. 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: PARVB parvin, beta”.
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