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Gene information for OSBP (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID5007
Official gene symbolOSBP
Full nameoxysterol binding protein
Aliases,OSBP1,
Gene summaryOxysterol binding protein is an intracellular protein that is believed to transport sterols from lysosomes to the nucleus where the sterol down-regulates the genes for the LDL receptor, HMG-CoA reductase, and HMG synthetase [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 11   Locus: 11q12-q13
Gene position59383617 - 59341871  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size41747 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID167040