Periostin shows increased evolutionary plasticity in its alternatively spliced region

Periostin shows increased evolutionary plasticity in its alternatively spliced region

Background Periostin (POSTN) is a secreted extracellular matrix protein of poorly defined function that has been related to bone and heart development as well as to cancer. In human and mouse, it is known to undergo alternative splicing in its C-terminal region, which is devoid of known protein d...

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Main Authors: Andrade-Navarro, Miguel A., Hoersch, Sebastian
Other Authors: Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.) 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69636

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