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PCNX

Pecanex-like protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCNX gene.[1][2][3] The gene is found in Homo sapiens, and functions as a competitive endogenous RNA of S-phase kinase associated protein 2 in lung cancer.[4][5]


References

References

  1. Roux AF, Rommens JM, Read L, Duncan AM, Cox DW (July 1997). “Physical and transcription map in the region 14q24.3: identification of six novel transcripts”. Genomics. 43 (2): 130–40. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4786. PMID 9244429.
  2. Geisinger A, Alsheimer M, Baier A, Benavente R, Wettstein R (April 2005). “The mammalian gene pecanex 1 is differentially expressed during spermatogenesis”. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1728 (1–2): 34–43. doi:10.1016/j.bbaexp.2005.01.010. PMID 15777640.
  3. “Entrez Gene: PCNX pecanex homolog (Drosophila)”.
  4. “PCNX1 pecanex 1 [Homo sapiens (human)] – Gene – NCBI”. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  5. Li J, Tian H, Pan J, Jiang N, Yang J, Zhou C, Xu D, Meng X, Gong Z (October 2017). “Pecanex functions as a competitive endogenous RNA of S-phase kinase associated protein 2 in lung cancer”. Cancer Letters. 406: 36–46. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2017.07.030. PMID 28789966.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Nakajima D, Okazaki N, Yamakawa H, Kikuno R, Ohara O, Nagase T (June 2002). “Construction of expression-ready cDNA clones for KIAA genes: manual curation of 330 KIAA cDNA clones”. DNA Research. 9 (3): 99–106. doi:10.1093/dnares/9.3.99. PMID 12168954.
  • Nagase T, Ishikawa K, Suyama M, Kikuno R, Miyajima N, Tanaka A, Kotani H, Nomura N, Ohara O (October 1998). “Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XI. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro”. DNA Research. 5 (5): 277–86. doi:10.1093/dnares/5.5.277. PMID 9872452.
  • Nagase T, Ishikawa K, Suyama M, Kikuno R, Hirosawa M, Miyajima N, Tanaka A, Kotani H, Nomura N, Ohara O (February 1999). “Prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes. XIII. The complete sequences of 100 new cDNA clones from brain which code for large proteins in vitro”. DNA Research. 6 (1): 63–70. doi:10.1093/dnares/6.1.63. PMID 10231032.


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