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Tek-gen

Tek-gen Definition TEK is an acronym for "tunica interna endothelial cell kinase". This gene is located on chromosome 9p21. It codes for an endothelial receptor tyrosine kinase. Alternative splicing leads to several transcript variants. Other alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene...

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