NINJ1 explained

Ninjurin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NINJ1 gene.^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• Guimarães PE, Fridman C, Gregório SP, etal . WITHDRAWN: Association between polymorphisms in genes of inflammatory response and axonal repair with spinal cord injury. . Spinal Cord. 2007. 17893696 . 10.1038/sj.sc.3102122 .
• Cardoso CC, Martinez AN, Guimarães PE, etal . Ninjurin 1 asp110ala single nucleotide polymorphism is associated with protection in leprosy nerve damage. . J. Neuroimmunol. . 190 . 1–2 . 131–8 . 2007 . 17825431 . 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2007.07.015 . 20637695 .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . 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 .
• Toyama T, Sasaki Y, Horimoto M, etal . Ninjurin1 increases p21 expression and induces cellular senescence in human hepatoma cells . J. Hepatol. . 41 . 4 . 637–43 . 2005 . 15464245 . 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.06.027 .
• Humphray SJ, Oliver K, Hunt AR, etal . DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 9 . Nature . 429 . 6990 . 369–74 . 2004 . 15164053 . 10.1038/nature02465 . 2734081 . 2004Natur.429..369H .
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, etal . Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs . Nat. Genet. . 36 . 1 . 40–5 . 2004 . 14702039 . 10.1038/ng1285 . free .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . 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 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Chadwick BP, Heath SK, Williamson J, etal . The human homologue of the ninjurin gene maps to the candidate region of hereditary sensory neuropathy type I (HSNI) . Genomics . 47 . 1 . 58–63 . 1998 . 9465296 . 10.1006/geno.1997.5084 .
• Araki T, Zimonjic DB, Popescu NC, Milbrandt J . Mechanism of homophilic binding mediated by ninjurin, a novel widely expressed adhesion molecule . J. Biol. Chem. . 272 . 34 . 21373–80 . 1997 . 9261151 . 10.1074/jbc.272.34.21373 . free .

Notes and References

1. Araki T, Milbrandt J . Ninjurin, a novel adhesion molecule, is induced by nerve injury and promotes axonal growth . Neuron . 17 . 2 . 353–61 . Oct 1996 . 8780658 . 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80166-X . 12471778 . free .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: NINJ1 ninjurin 1.