Ras-specific guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 2 is a
protein that in humans is encoded by the ''RASGRF2''
gene.
RAS (MIM 190020) GTPases cycle between an inactive GDP-bound state and an active GTP-bound state. Guanine-nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs), such as RASGRFs, stimulate the conversion of the GDP-bound form into the active form.
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Variations in this gene has been shown to be linked to the propensity to
binge drink
Binge drinking, or heavy episodic drinking, is drinking alcoholic beverages with an intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time, but definitions ( see below) vary considerably.
Binge drinking ...
by teenagers.
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