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Tenascin-R

Tenascin-R is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TNR gene.

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Source
TNR
Identifiers
AliasesTNR, TN-R, tenascin R, NEDSTO
External IDsOMIM: 601995; MGI: 99516; HomoloGene: 124416; GeneCards: TNR; OMA:TNR - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003285
NM_001328635

NM_022312

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001315564
NP_003276
NP_003276.3

NP_071707

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 175.32 – 175.74 MbChr 1: 159.35 – 159.76 Mb
PubMed search34
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Tenascin-R is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TNR gene.567

Function

Tenascin-R (TNR) is an extracellular matrix protein expressed primarily in the central nervous system. It is a member of the tenascin (TN) gene family, which includes 4 genes in mammals: TNC (or hexabrachion), TNX (TNXB), TNW (also known as TNN) and TNR.89 The genes are expressed in distinct tissues at different times during embryonic development and are present in adult tissues.[supplied by OMIM]7

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000116147Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000015829Ensembl, 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. Carnemolla B, Leprini A, Borsi L, Querzé G, Urbini S, Zardi L (April 1996). "Human tenascin-R. Complete primary structure, pre-mRNA alternative splicing and gene localization on chromosome 1q23-q24". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (14): 8157–60. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.14.8157. PMID 8626505.
  6. Leprini A, Gherzi R, Siri A, Querzé G, Viti F, Zardi L (December 1996). "The human tenascin-R gene". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (49): 31251–4. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.49.31251. PMID 8940128.
  7. "Entrez Gene: TNR tenascin R (restrictin, janusin)".
  8. Erickson HP (October 1993). "Tenascin-C, tenascin-R and tenascin-X: a family of talented proteins in search of functions". Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 5 (5): 869–76. doi:10.1016/0955-0674(93)90037-Q. PMID 7694605.
  9. Hsia, Henry C.; Schwarzbauer, Jean E. (July 2005). "Meet the Tenascins: Multifunctional and Mysterious". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280 (29): 26641–26644. doi:10.1074/jbc.R500005200. PMID 15932878.
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