Entrez gene ID | | 284359 |
Official gene symbol | | IZUMO1 |
Full name | | izumo sperm-egg fusion 1 |
Aliases | | ,FLJ61440,IZUMO,MGC34799, |
Gene summary | | The sperm-specific protein Izumo, named for a Japanese shrine dedicated to marriage, is essential for sperm-egg plasma membrane binding and fusion (Inoue et al., 2005 [PubMed 15759005]).[supplied by OMIM] |
Location | | Chromosome: 19 Locus: 19q13.33 |
Gene position | | 49250166 - 49244145 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 6022 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 609278 |
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