FAM129A explained

Protein Niban is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FAM129A gene.^{[1] [2] [3]} Paralogs of this protein include FAM129B, and FAM129C.^[4]

Further reading

• Majima S . A novel gene "Niban" upregulated in renal carcinogenesis: cloning by the cDNA-amplified fragment length polymorphism approach . Jpn. J. Cancer Res. . 91 . 9 . 869–74 . 2000 . 11011112 . 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2000.tb01027.x. vanc. Kajino K . Fukuda T . 3 . Otsuka . F . Hino . O . 5926447.
• Sood R . Cloning and characterization of 13 novel transcripts and the human RGS8 gene from the 1q25 region encompassing the hereditary prostate cancer (HPC1) locus . Genomics . 73 . 2 . 211–22 . 2001 . 11318611 . 10.1006/geno.2001.6500 . vanc. Bonner TI . Makalowska I . 3 . Stephan . Dietrich A. . Robbins . Christiane M. . Connors . Tim D. . Morgenbesser . Sharon D. . Su . Kui . Faruque . Mezbah U. .
• Strausberg RL . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . vanc. Feingold EA . Grouse LH . 3 . Derge . JG . Klausner . RD . Collins . FS . Wagner . L . Shenmen . CM . Schuler . GD . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Ota T . Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs . Nat. Genet. . 36 . 1 . 40–5 . 2004 . 14702039 . 10.1038/ng1285 . vanc. Suzuki Y . Nishikawa T . 3 . Otsuki . Tetsuji . Sugiyama . Tomoyasu . Irie . Ryotaro . Wakamatsu . Ai . Hayashi . Koji . Sato . Hiroyuki . free .
• Gerhard DS . The Status, Quality, and Expansion of the NIH Full-Length cDNA Project: The Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC) . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 . vanc. Wagner L . Feingold EA . 3 . Shenmen . CM . Grouse . LH . Schuler . G . Klein . SL . Old . S . Rasooly . R .
• Gregory SG . The DNA sequence and biological annotation of human chromosome 1 . Nature . 441 . 7091 . 315–21 . 2006 . 16710414 . 10.1038/nature04727 . vanc. Barlow KF . McLay KE . 3 . Kaul . R. . Swarbreck . D. . Dunham . A. . Scott . C. E. . Howe . K. L. . Woodfine . K. . 2006Natur.441..315G . free .
• Matsumoto F . A novel tumor marker, Niban, is expressed in subsets of thyroid tumors and Hashimoto's thyroiditis . Hum. Pathol. . 37 . 12 . 1592–600 . 2007 . 16949643 . 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.06.022 . vanc. Fujii H . Abe M . 3 . Kajino . Kazunori . Kobayashi . Toshiyuki . Matsumoto . Toshiharu . Ikeda . Katsuhisa . Hino . Okio .

Notes and References

1. Cerutti JM, Delcelo R, Amadei MJ, Nakabashi C, Maciel RM, Peterson B, Shoemaker J, Riggins GJ . A preoperative diagnostic test that distinguishes benign from malignant thyroid carcinoma based on gene expression . J Clin Invest . 113 . 8 . 1234–42 . Apr 2004 . 15085203 . 385398 . 10.1172/JCI19617 .
2. Maciel RM, Kimura ET, Cerutti JM . [Pathogenesis of differentiated thyroid cancer (papillary and follicular)] . Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol . 49 . 5 . 691–700 . Jan 2006 . 16444351 . 10.1590/S0004-27302005000500009 . free .
3. Web site: Entrez Gene: FAM129A family with sequence similarity 129, member A.
4. Web site: NIBAN1 Gene - GeneCards | NIBA1 Protein | NIBA1 Antibody.