Entrez gene ID | | 7062 |
Official gene symbol | | TCHH |
Full name | | trichohyalin |
Aliases | | ,MGC157889,MGC157890,THH,THL,TRHY, |
Gene summary | | Trichohyalin confers mechanical strength to the hair follicle inner root sheath and to other toughened epithelial tissues, such as the hard palate and filiform ridges of the tongue, by forming multiple complex crosslinks with itself and with other structural proteins (Steinert et al., 2003 [PubMed 12853460]).[supplied by OMIM] |
Location | | Chromosome: 1 Locus: 1q21.3 |
Gene position | | 152086556 - 152078793 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 7764 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 190370 |
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