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Expression of gene unique to humans and apes
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TBC1D3 protein appears green in a cultured human cell. Only a few hundred genes are unique to us and apes. A team of cell biologists led by Philip Stahl of Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine uncovered the function of one of these genes, TBC1D3. The researchers found that TBC1D3 uses two strategies to make cells grow faster: It keeps growth factor receptors active and turns on a growth-promoting protein. These findings affirm earlier results linking TBC1D3 to cancer and could offer insight into human physiology, particularly our bodies intricate control of key cellular processes.
Featured in the April 16, 2008 issue of Biomedical Beat.
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