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LRRC3B

LRRC3B is a gene frequently epigenetically inactivated in several epithelial malignancies and inhibits cell growth and replication. Data suggest that the LRRC3B gene could be involved in the process of carcinogenesis as a tumor suppressor gene.

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LRRC3B
Identifiers
AliasesLRRC3B, LRP15, leucine rich repeat containing 3B
External IDsMGI: 2384996; HomoloGene: 14190; GeneCards: LRRC3B; OMA:LRRC3B - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_146052

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001304737
NP_001304738
NP_001304739
NP_001304740
NP_443185

NP_666164

Location (UCSC)Chr 3: 26.62 – 26.72 MbChr 14: 7.03 – 7.11 Mb
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LRRC3B is a gene frequently epigenetically inactivated in several epithelial malignancies and inhibits cell growth and replication. Data suggest that the LRRC3B gene could be involved in the process of carcinogenesis as a tumor suppressor gene.5

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References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000179796Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000045201Ensembl, 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. Haraldson K, Kashuba VI, Dmitriev AA, Senchenko VN, Kudryavtseva AV, Pavlova TV, Braga EA, Pronina IV, Kondratov AG, Rynditch AV, Lerman MI, Zabarovsky ER (2012). "LRRC3B is a gene frequently epigenetically inactivated in several epithelial malignancies and inhibits cell growth and replication". Biochimie. 94 (9): 1151–1157. doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2012.01.019. PMID 22321817.