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SEMA6A

Semaphorin-6A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SEMA6A gene.[1][2][3]

In melanocytic cells SEMA6A gene expression may be regulated by MITF.[4]


References

References

  1. Zhou L, White FA, Lentz SI, Wright DE, Fisher DA, Snider WD (Sep 1997). “Cloning and expression of a novel murine semaphorin with structural similarity to insect semaphorin I”. Mol Cell Neurosci. 9 (1): 26–41. doi:10.1006/mcne.1997.0607. PMID 9204478.
  2. Klostermann A, Lutz B, Gertler F, Behl C (Jan 2001). “The orthologous human and murine semaphorin 6A-1 proteins (SEMA6A-1/Sema6A-1) bind to the enabled/vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein-like protein (EVL) via a novel carboxyl-terminal zyxin-like domain”. J Biol Chem. 275 (50): 39647–53. doi:10.1074/jbc.M006316200. PMID 10993894.
  3. “Entrez Gene: SEMA6A sema domain, transmembrane domain (TM), and cytoplasmic domain, (semaphorin) 6A”.
  4. Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, et al. (2008). “Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy”. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID 19067971.
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