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Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein

Introduction

Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein, also known as PTB or hnRNP I, is an RNA-binding protein. PTB functions mainly as a splicing regulator, although it is also involved in alternative 3′ end processing, mRNA stability and RNA localization.[1]

See also

See also

References

References

  1. ↑ Valcárcel J, Gebauer F (November 1997). “Post-transcriptional regulation: the dawn of PTB”. Curr. Biol. 7 (11): R705–8. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00361-7. PMID 9382788.
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