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ZBED6
Introduction
Zinc finger, BED-type containing 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZBED6 gene.[1]
Further reading
Further reading
- Markljung E, Jiang L, Jaffe JD, Mikkelsen TS, Wallerman O, Larhammar M, Zhang X, Wang L, Saenz-Vash V, Gnirke A, Lindroth AM, Barrés R, Yan J, Strömberg S, De S, Pontén F, Lander ES, Carr SA, Zierath JR, Kullander K, Wadelius C, Lindblad-Toh K, Andersson G, Hjälm G, Andersson L (Dec 2009). O’Rahilly S, ed. “ZBED6, a novel transcription factor derived from a domesticated DNA transposon regulates IGF2 expression and muscle growth”. PLoS Biology. 7 (12): e1000256. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000256. PMC 2780926. PMID 20016685.
- Butter F, Kappei D, Buchholz F, Vermeulen M, Mann M (Apr 2010). “A domesticated transposon mediates the effects of a single-nucleotide polymorphism responsible for enhanced muscle growth”. EMBO Reports. 11 (4): 305–11. doi:10.1038/embor.2010.6. PMC 2854606. PMID 20134481.
- Andersson L (2010). “Studying phenotypic evolution in domestic animals: a walk in the footsteps of Charles Darwin”. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 74: 319–25. doi:10.1101/sqb.2009.74.039. PMID 20375320.