Common tissue-specific expressions and regulatory factors of c-KIT isoforms with and without GNNK and GNSK sequences across five mammals

Rikuto Goto; Naoaki Sakamoto; Akinori Awazu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0332294

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Common tissue-specific expressions and regulatory factors of c-KIT isoforms with and without GNNK and GNSK sequences across five mammals

Rikuto Goto,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Naoaki Sakamoto,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, Research Center for the Mathematics on Chromatin Live Dynamics, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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Akinori Awazu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

^* awa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, Research Center for the Mathematics on Chromatin Live Dynamics, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0778-021X

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Common tissue-specific expressions and regulatory factors of c-KIT isoforms with and without GNNK and GNSK sequences across five mammals

Rikuto Goto,
Naoaki Sakamoto,
Akinori Awazu

Published: January 20, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332294

About the Authors

Rikuto Goto

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Naoaki Sakamoto

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, Research Center for the Mathematics on Chromatin Live Dynamics, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Akinori Awazu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

^* awa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0778-021X

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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