Entrez gene ID | | 140690 |
Official gene symbol | | CTCFL |
Full name | | CCCTC-binding factor (zinc finger protein)-like |
Aliases | | ,BORIS,CT27,CTCF-T,HMGB1L1,MGC163358,MGC169105,MGC169106,dJ579F20.2, |
Gene summary | | CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF), an 11-zinc-finger factor involved in gene regulation, utilizes different zinc fingers to bind varying DNA target sites. CTCF forms methylation-sensitive insulators that regulate X-chromosome inactivation. This gene is a paralog of CTCF and appears to be expressed primarily in the cytoplasm of spermatocytes, unlike CTCF which is expressed primarily in the nucleus of somatic cells. CTCF and the protein encoded by this gene are normally expressed in a mutually exclusive pattern that correlates with resetting of methylation marks during male germ cell differentiation. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 20 Locus: 20q13.31 |
Gene position | | 56100154 - 56072224 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 27931 bp |
Gene sequence |
| |
OMIM ID | | 607022 |
|