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IGFBP2

Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IGFBP2 gene.

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IGFBP2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesIGFBP2, IBP2, IGF-BP53, insulin like growth factor binding protein 2
External IDsOMIM: 146731; MGI: 96437; HomoloGene: 499; GeneCards: IGFBP2; OMA:IGFBP2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001313990
NM_001313992
NM_001313993
NM_000597

NM_008342
NM_001310659

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000588
NP_001300919
NP_001300921
NP_001300922

NP_001297588
NP_032368

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 216.63 – 216.66 MbChr 1: 72.86 – 72.89 Mb
PubMed search34
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Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IGFBP2 gene.5

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000115457Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039323Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Zapf J, Kiefer M, Merryweather J, Musiarz F, Bauer D, Born W, Fischer JA, Froesch ER (Oct 1990). "Isolation from adult human serum of four insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding proteins and molecular cloning of one of them that is increased by IGF I administration and in extrapancreatic tumor hypoglycemia". J Biol Chem. 265 (25): 14892–8. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)77200-1. PMID 1697583.
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