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The largest group of RLKs is the leucine-rich repeat (LRR) class that has been described to function in development and defense.

The ZM motif has been described to function in concert with the PDZ domain to localize ZASP to α-actinin, the major Z-disk cross linker in sarcomers [28], [49].

Two of the up-regulated transcripts (KTF1 and AGO5) have been described to function in RNA-directed DNA methylation [ 33, 34].

β-Catenin, originally described to function in epithelial cell cell adhesion, is implicated also in the Wnt signalling cascade as a transcriptional activator.

We next examined whether some of the secondary messengers described to function in the osmoresponse of starving cells (i.e. Ca2+ and cyclic nucleotides) operate to trigger AdcA stress-induced response.

Recently, the Tat protein transport system was described to function in both membrane systems [36].

The mechanism of nutrient sensing by transceptors seems to be conserved because permeases for sugars, amino acids, ammonium, nitrate, and sulfate have also been described to function as transceptors in other organisms.

miR-103 has been described to function as an oncomiR in colorectal cancer and breast cancer [ 22, 27].

Thymic macrophages were shown to be most likely unable to perform negative selection of autoreactive thymocytes [9] but they were described to rather function in the clearing of apoptotic cells [10], [11].

Our observations provide a molecular mechanism explaining the failure of previously described N-DAT mutants to function in vivo.

Interestingly, none of these kinases has been described to have a function in RBC.