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Facts about T-lymphoma invasion and metastasis-inducing protein 2.
Mediates extracellular laminin signals to activate Rac1, contributing to neurite growth. Involved in lamellipodial formation and progress of the growth cone of embryonic hippocampal neurons.
| Mouse | |
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| Gene Name: | Tiam2 |
| Uniprot: | Q6ZPF3 |
| Entrez: | 24001 |

| Belongs to: |
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| TIAM family |

FLJ41865; KIAA2016; SIF and TIAM1-like exchange factor; STEFTIAM-2; T-cell lymphoma invasion and metastasis 2; T-lymphoma invasion and metastasis-inducing protein 2
Mass (kDA):
192.567 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17 A1|17 1.99 cM |
| Sequence: | 17; |
Expressed in fetal brain (at protein level). Expressed in the olfactory bulb, cortical plate of the cerebral cortex, caudate putamen, hippocampus, ependymal cells of the lateral surface of the lateral ventricles of the brain. Weakly expressed in heart, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney and testis.



PMID: 10364228 by Hoshino M., et al. Identification of the stef gene that encodes a novel guanine nucleotide exchange factor specific for Rac1.
PMID: 10512681 by Chiu C.-Y., et al. Cloning and characterization of T-cell lymphoma invasion and metastasis 2 (TIAM2), a novel guanine nucleotide exchange factor related to TIAM1.