LRIT3 explained

Leucine-rich repeat, immunoglobulin-like and transmembrane domains 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LRIT3 gene.^[1]

Further reading

• Kalsi G, Kuo PH, Aliev F, Alexander J, McMichael O, Patterson DG, Walsh D, Zhao Z, Schuckit M, Nurnberger J, Edenberg H, Kramer J, Hesselbrock V, Tischfield JA, Vladimirov V, Prescott CA, Dick DM, Kendler KS, Riley BP . A systematic gene-based screen of chr4q22-q32 identifies association of a novel susceptibility gene, DKK2, with the quantitative trait of alcohol dependence symptom counts . Human Molecular Genetics . 19 . 12 . 2497–506 . June 2010 . 20332099 . 2876884 . 10.1093/hmg/ddq112 .
• Kim SD, Liu JL, Roscioli T, Buckley MF, Yagnik G, Boyadjiev SA, Kim J . Leucine-rich repeat, immunoglobulin-like and transmembrane domain 3 (LRIT3) is a modulator of FGFR1 . FEBS Letters . 586 . 10 . 1516–21 . May 2012 . 22673519 . 3372856 . 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.04.010 .
• Zeitz C, Jacobson SG, Hamel CP, Bujakowska K, Neuillé M, Orhan E, Zanlonghi X, Lancelot ME, Michiels C, Schwartz SB, Bocquet B, Antonio A, Audier C, Letexier M, Saraiva JP, Luu TD, Sennlaub F, Nguyen H, Poch O, Dollfus H, Lecompte O, Kohl S, Sahel JA, Bhattacharya SS, Audo I . Whole-exome sequencing identifies LRIT3 mutations as a cause of autosomal-recessive complete congenital stationary night blindness . American Journal of Human Genetics . 92 . 1 . 67–75 . January 2013 . 23246293 . 3542465 . 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.10.023 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: Leucine-rich repeat, immunoglobulin-like and transmembrane domains 3 .