Biology:Frizzled-2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Frizzled-2 (Fz-2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FZD2 gene.[1][2][3]

Members of the 'frizzled' gene family encode 7-transmembrane domain proteins that are receptors for Wnt signaling proteins. The expression of the FZD2 gene appears to be developmentally regulated, with high levels of expression in fetal kidney and lung and in adult colon and ovary.[3]

References

  1. "A human homologue of the Drosophila polarity gene frizzled has been identified and mapped to 17q21.1". Genomics 27 (2): 370–3. Nov 1995. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.1060. PMID 7558010. 
  2. "Molecular cloning, differential expression, and chromosomal localization of human frizzled-1, frizzled-2, and frizzled-7". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 252 (1): 117–22. Dec 1998. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.9607. PMID 9813155. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: FZD2 frizzled homolog 2 (Drosophila)". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=2535. 

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