Radiation-inducible immediate-early gene IEX-1 is a
protein
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that in humans is encoded by the ''IER3''
gene
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This gene functions in the protection of cells from
Fas- or
tumor necrosis factor type alpha-induced
apoptosis
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. Partially degraded and unspliced transcripts are found after virus infection in vitro, but these transcripts are not found in vivo and do not generate a valid protein.
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