Entrez gene ID | | 283120 |
Official gene symbol | | H19 |
Full name | | H19, imprinted maternally expressed transcript (non-protein coding) |
Aliases | | ,ASM,ASM1,BWS,D11S813E,MGC4485,NCRNA00008,PRO2605,WT2, |
Gene summary | | This gene expresses a non-coding RNA, and functions as a tumor suppressor. The gene is located in an imprinted region of chromosome 11 near the insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) gene. Expression of this gene and IGF2 are imprinted so that this gene is only expressed from the maternally-inherited chromosome, and IGF2 is only expressed from the paternally-inherited chromosome. A region of paternal-specific methylation upstream of this gene is required for the imprinting of these genes. Mutations in this gene are associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome and Wilms tumorigenesis. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 11 Locus: 11p15.5 |
Gene position | | 2019065 - 2016406 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 2660 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 103280 |
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