FSCN2
Fascin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FSCN2 gene.[3][4]
This gene encodes a member of the fascin protein family. Fascins crosslink actin into filamentous bundles within dynamic cell extensions. This family member is proposed to play a role in photoreceptor disk morphogenesis. A mutation in this gene results in one form of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[4]
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Further reading
- Hillier LD, Lennon G, Becker M, et al. (1997). "Generation and analysis of 280,000 human expressed sequence tags.". Genome Res. 6 (9): 807–28. doi:10.1101/gr.6.9.807. PMID 8889549.
- Tubb BE, Bardien-Kruger S, Kashork CD, et al. (2000). "Characterization of human retinal fascin gene (FSCN2) at 17q25: close physical linkage of fascin and cytoplasmic actin genes.". Genomics. 65 (2): 146–56. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6156. PMID 10783262.
- Saishin Y, Ishikawa R, Ugawa S, et al. (2000). "Retinal fascin: functional nature, subcellular distribution, and chromosomal localization.". Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 41 (8): 2087–95. PMID 10892848.
- Wada Y, Abe T, Takeshita T, et al. (2001). "Mutation of human retinal fascin gene (FSCN2) causes autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.". Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 42 (10): 2395–400. PMID 11527955.
- Guan Y, Woo PL, Rubenstein NM, Firestone GL (2002). "Transforming growth factor-alpha abrogates the glucocorticoid stimulation of tight junction formation and reverses the steroid-induced down-regulation of fascin in rat mammary epithelial tumor cells by a Ras-dependent pathway.". Exp. Cell Res. 273 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1006/excr.2001.5415. PMID 11795941.
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241
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- Wada Y, Abe T, Itabashi T, et al. (2003). "Autosomal dominant macular degeneration associated with 208delG mutation in the FSCN2 gene.". Arch. Ophthalmol. 121 (11): 1613–20. doi:10.1001/archopht.121.11.1613. PMID 14609921.
- Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
- Gamundi MJ, Hernan I, Maseras M, et al. (2006). "Sequence variations in the retinal fascin FSCN2 gene in a Spanish population with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration.". Mol. Vis. 11: 922–8. PMID 16280978.
- Zhang Q, Li S, Xiao X, et al. (2007). "The 208delG mutation in FSCN2 does not associate with retinal degeneration in Chinese individuals.". Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 48 (2): 530–3. doi:10.1167/iovs.06-0669. PMID 17251446.
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