it is required for muscle function in egg-laying and for lethal paralysis by Pseudomonas aeroginosa PAO1; encodes a dioxygenase that negatively regulates hypoxia inducible factor (hif-1) by hydroxylating prolyl residues in HIF-1; isolated from Caenorhabditis elegans; amino acid sequence in first source; GenBank AF178536
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999 Dec 21;96(26):15202-7
