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Facts about Elastin.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | ELN |
Uniprot: | P15502 |
Entrez: | 2006 |
Belongs to: |
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elastin family |
elastin; FLJ38671; FLJ43523; SVAS; tropoelastin; WBS; WS
Mass (kDA):
68.398 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 7q11.23 |
Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (74027772..74069907) |
Expressed within the outer myometrial smooth muscle and throughout the arteriolar tree of uterus (at protein level). Also expressed in the large arteries, lung and skin.
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix. Extracellular matrix of elastic fibers.
PMID: 3039501 by Indik Z., et al. Alternative splicing of human elastin mRNA indicated by sequence analysis of cloned genomic and complementary DNA.
PMID: 3171221 by Fazio M.J., et al. Cloning of full-length elastin cDNAs from a human skin fibroblast recombinant cDNA library: further elucidation of alternative splicing utilizing exon-specific oligonucleotides.
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