From mammals to viruses: The Schlafen genes in developmental, proliferative and immune processes

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Abstract

The Schlafen genes have been associated with proliferation control and with several differentiation processes, as well as with disparate phenotypes such as immune response, embryonic lethality and meiotic drive. They constitute a gene family with widespread distribution in mammals, where they are expressed in several tissues, predominantly those of the immune system. Moreover, horizontal transfer of these genes to orthopoxviruses suggests a role of the viral Schlafens in evasion to the host immune response. The expression and functional studies of this gene family will be reviewed under the prism of their evolution and diversification, the challenges they pose and the future avenues of research.

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De La Casa-Espero’n, E. (2011, June 1). From mammals to viruses: The Schlafen genes in developmental, proliferative and immune processes. Biomolecular Concepts. De Gruyter Mouton. https://doi.org/10.1515/bmc.2011.018

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