| Dataset | GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations |
| Category | structural or functional annotations |
| Type | biological term |
| Description | paternally expressed 3|In human, ZIM2 and PEG3 are treated as two distinct genes though they share multiple 5' exons and a common promoter and both genes are paternally expressed (PMID:15203203). Alternative splicing events connect their shared 5' exons either with the remaining 4 exons unique to ZIM2, or with the remaining 2 exons unique to PEG3. In contrast, in other mammals ZIM2 does not undergo imprinting and, in mouse, cow, and likely other mammals as well, the ZIM2 and PEG3 genes do not share exons. Human PEG3 protein belongs to the Kruppel C2H2-type zinc finger protein family. PEG3 may play a role in cell proliferation and p53-mediated apoptosis. PEG3 has also shown tumor suppressor activity and tumorigenesis in glioma and ovarian cells. Alternative splicing of this PEG3 gene results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009] (NCBI Entrez Gene Database, 5178) |
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7 genes co-occuring with the biological term peg3 in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.
