PREX2

Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent Rac exchange factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PREX2 gene.^[1]^[2]

Clinical relevance

Mutations in this gene have been recurrently seen in melanoma.^[3]

↑ "Entrez Gene: Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate-dependent Rac exchange factor 2". Retrieved 2012-05-11.
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