Entrez gene ID | | 93649 |
Official gene symbol | | MYOCD |
Full name | | myocardin |
Aliases | | ,MYCD, |
Gene summary | | This gene encodes a nuclear protein, which is expressed in heart, aorta, and in smooth muscle cell-containing tissues. It functions as a transcriptional co-activator of serum response factor (SRF) and modulates expression of cardiac and smooth muscle-specific SRF-target genes, and thus may play a crucial role in cardiogenesis and differentiation of the smooth muscle cell lineage. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. |
Location | | Chromosome: 17 Locus: 17p11.2 |
Gene position | | 12569207 - 12670651 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 101445 bp |
Gene sequence |
| |
OMIM ID | | 606127 |
|