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LMO3

LIM domain only protein 3 is a transcription co-factor, which in humans is encoded by the LMO3 gene. LMO3 interacts with the tumor suppressor p53 and regulates its function. LMO3 is considered to be an oncogene in Neuroblastoma.

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LMO3
Identifiers
AliasesLMO3, RBTN3, RBTNL2, RHOM3, Rhom-3, LIM domain only 3
External IDsOMIM: 180386; MGI: 102810; HomoloGene: 136507; GeneCards: LMO3; OMA:LMO3 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_207222
NM_001356305
NM_001356306
NM_001356307

RefSeq (protein)

NP_997105
NP_001343234
NP_001343235
NP_001343236

Location (UCSC)Chr 12: 16.55 – 16.61 MbChr 6: 138.34 – 138.56 Mb
PubMed search34
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LIM domain only protein 3 is a transcription co-factor, which in humans is encoded by the LMO3 gene.567 LMO3 interacts with the tumor suppressor p53 and regulates its function.8 LMO3 is considered to be an oncogene in Neuroblastoma.9

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000048540Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000030226Ensembl, 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. Larsen S, Yokochi T, Isogai E, Nakamura Y, Ozaki T, Nakagawara A (February 2010). "LMO3 interacts with p53 and inhibits its transcriptional activity". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 392 (3): 252–7. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.010. PMID 19995558.
  6. Shi J, Cai W, Chen X, Ying K, Zhang K, Xie Y (August 2001). "Identification of dopamine responsive mRNAs in glial cells by suppression subtractive hybridization". Brain Research. 910 (1–2): 29–37. doi:10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02393-9. PMID 11489251. S2CID 43814085.
  7. EntrezGene 55885
  8. Larsen S, Yokochi T, Isogai E, Nakamura Y, Ozaki T, Nakagawara A (February 2010). "LMO3 interacts with p53 and inhibits its transcriptional activity". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 392 (3): 252–7. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.010. PMID 19995558.
  9. Larsen S, Yokochi T, Isogai E, Nakamura Y, Ozaki T, Nakagawara A (February 2010). "LMO3 interacts with p53 and inhibits its transcriptional activity". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 392 (3): 252–7. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.010. PMID 19995558.
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