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Zinc finger homeobox 2

Zinc finger homeobox 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZFHX2 gene.[1] It has been implicated in pain insensitivity.[2]

References

  1. “Entrez Gene: Zinc finger homeobox 2”.
  2. Habib AM, Matsuyama A, Okorokov AL, Santana-Varela S, Bras JT, Aloisi AM, et al. (December 2017). “A novel human pain insensitivity disorder caused by a point mutation in ZFHX2”. Brain. doi:10.1093/brain/awx326. PMID 29253101.

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