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Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases

"Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An enzyme group that specifically dephosphorylates phosphotyrosyl residues in selected proteins. Together with PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASE, it regulates tyrosine phosphorylation and dephosphorylation in cellular signal transduction and may play a role in cell growth control and carcinogenesis.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases" by people in this website by year, and whether "Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 14 publications over 6 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1999 and 2004 and 2005 and 2006
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