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The Dispanins: A Novel Gene Family of Ancient Origin That Contains 14 Human Members

The Interferon induced transmembrane proteins (IFITM) are a family of transmembrane proteins that is known to inhibit cell invasion of viruses such as HIV-1 and influenza. We show that the IFITM genes are a subfamily in a larger family of transmembrane (TM) proteins that we call Dispanins, which ref...

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Autores principales: Sällman Almén, Markus, Bringeland, Nathalie, Fredriksson, Robert, Schiöth, Helgi B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363774
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031961