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Symbol MAP2K2 contributors: npt/mct/pgu - updated : 14-09-2013
HGNC name mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 2
HGNC id 6842
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
Mek2-deficient mice were viable and fertile and showed no phenotypic abnormalities. Mutant embryonic fibroblasts and purified lymphocytes proliferated normally, demonstrating that Mek2 is not required for reentry into the cell cycle or for T-cell development concluding that MEK1 can compensate for a lack of MEK2 function