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TUSC2

Tumor suppressor candidate 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TUSC2 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene is a highly conserved lung cancer candidate gene. No other information about this gene is currently available.[3]

References

References

  1. Fischer WH, Schubert D (Jan 1997). “Characterization of a novel platelet-derived growth factor-associated protein”. J Neurochem. 66 (5): 2213–6. doi:10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.66052213.x. PMID 8780057.
  2. Kondo M, Ji L, Kamibayashi C, Tomizawa Y, Randle D, Sekido Y, Yokota J, Kashuba V, Zabarovsky E, Kuzmin I, Lerman M, Roth J, Minna JD (Oct 2001). “Overexpression of candidate tumor suppressor gene FUS1 isolated from the 3p21.3 homozygous deletion region leads to G1 arrest and growth inhibition of lung cancer cells”. Oncogene. 20 (43): 6258–62. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1204832. PMID 11593436.
  3. 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: TUSC2 tumor suppressor candidate 2”.
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