PRRX2

Function

The DNA-associated protein encoded by this gene is a member of the paired family of homeobox proteins. Expression is localized to proliferating fetal fibroblasts and the developing dermal layer, with downregulated expression in adult skin. Increases in expression of this gene during fetal but not adult wound healing suggest a possible role in mechanisms that control mammalian dermal regeneration and prevent formation of scar response to wounding. The expression patterns provide evidence consistent with a role in fetal skin development and a possible role in cellular proliferation.[6]

gollark: I'd say keep it transferable and all, but drop the max duration a ton, incentivise releasing source code once copyright's up, and make it costly to patent-troll, keep patents for a while, and not use patents/copyrighted things/whatever.
gollark: Which seems like more of an argument for fixing them than just switching to, what, emotional recognition?
gollark: Indeed. And it doesn't scale well either.
gollark: ...
gollark: It's somewhat important to incentivize people to make things which aren't conveniently sellable physical objects.

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000167157 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039476 - Ensembl, 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. Norris RA, Scott KK, Moore CS, Stetten G, Brown CR, Jabs EW, Wulfsberg EA, Yu J, Kern MJ (Mar 2001). "Human PRRX1 and PRRX2 genes: cloning, expression, genomic localization, and exclusion as disease genes for Nager syndrome". Mamm Genome. 11 (11): 1000–5. doi:10.1007/s003350010193. PMID 11063257.
  6. "Entrez Gene: PRRX2 paired related homeobox 2".

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