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PAK2 (p21-associated kinase 2) gene
A segmental duplication of chromosome 3 involving PAK2 is one of the few features distinguishing the human genome from the chimpanzee genome. [1]
Related
p21-activated kinase 2 (PAK2), S6/H4 kinase, PAK65 or gamma-PAK
General
evolutionary divergent human gene
Properties
TEMPLATE-FOR: messenger RNA
TEMPLATE-FOR: p21-associated kinase 2
LOCUS: human chromosome-3 Q29
MOTIF: transcription factor binding site
transcriptional start site
exon
intron
transcriptional termination site
Database Correlations
OMIM 605022
Entrez Gene 5062
References
- Fortna A, Kim Y, MacLaren E, Marshall K, Hahn G, Meltesen L,
Brenton M, Hink R, Burgers S, Hernandez-Boussard T, Karimpour-
Fard A, Glueck D, McGavran L, Berry R, Pollack J, Sikela JM.
Lineage-specific gene duplication and loss in human and great
ape evolution.
PLoS Biol. 2004 Jul;2(7):E207. Epub 2004 Jul 13.
PMID: 15252450