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TMEM10

Opalin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the OPALIN gene.[1][2][3]

References

References

  1. Nobile C, Hinzmann B, Scannapieco P, Siebert R, Zimbello R, Perez-Tur J, et al. (Jan 2002). “Identification and characterization of a novel human brain-specific gene, homologous to S. scrofa tmp83.5, in the chromosome 10q24 critical region for temporal lobe epilepsy and spastic paraplegia”. Gene. 282 (1–2): 87–94. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00846-0. PMID 11814680.
  2. Aruga J, Yoshikawa F, Nozaki Y, Sakaki Y, Toyoda A, Furuichi T (Sep 2007). “An oligodendrocyte enhancer in a phylogenetically conserved intron region of the mammalian myelin gene Opalin”. Journal of Neurochemistry. 102 (5): 1533–47. doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04583.x. PMID 17442045.
  3. “Entrez Gene: TMEM10 transmembrane protein 10”.
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