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Search for the Function of NWC, Third Gene Within RAG Locus: Generation and Characterization of NWC-Deficient Mice
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| Author | Kasztura, Monika Laszkiewicz, Agnieszka Janik, Sylwia Kisielow, Pawel Peczek, Karolina Majkowski, Michal Sniezewski, Lukasz Kobak, Kamil Miazek, Arkadiusz Kapusniak, Violetta Cebrat, Malgorzata |
| Abstract | NWC is a third gene within recombination activating gene (RAG) locus, which unlike RAG genes is ubiquitously expressed and encodes a unique protein containing three strongly evolutionarily conserved domains not found in any other known protein. To get insight into its function we identified several proteins co-immunoprecipitating with NWC protein and generated new NWC-deficient mice. Here, we present evidence that unlike many other ubiquitously expressed evolutionarily conserved proteins, functional inactivation of NWC does not cause any gross developmental, physiological or reproductive abnormalities and that under physiological conditions NWC may be involved in assembling and functioning of cilia, cell surface organelles found on nearly every eukaryotic cell. |
| Starting Page | 311 |
| Ending Page | 319 |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| ISSN | 0004069X |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00005-015-0379-1 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Journal | Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis |
| Volume Number | 64 |
| e-ISSN | 16614917 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Publisher Date | 2016-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Nwc protein function/partners Nwc-knockout mice Evolutionarily conserved genes Recombination activating gene (rag) locus Cilia |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Immunology and Allergy Immunology |