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C21orf66

GC-rich sequence DNA-binding factor homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the C21orf66 gene.[1][2][3]

Similarity to a transcriptional repressor suggests that this gene’s protein product is involved in the regulation of transcription. Alternative splicing of this gene results in three transcript variants encoding different isoforms. Additional transcript variants have been described, but their full-length sequences have not been determined.[3]

References

References

  1. Zhang QH, Ye M, Wu XY, Ren SX, Zhao M, Zhao CJ, Fu G, Shen Y, Fan HY, Lu G, Zhong M, Xu XR, Han ZG, Zhang JW, Tao J, Huang QH, Zhou J, Hu GX, Gu J, Chen SJ, Chen Z (Nov 2000). “Cloning and functional analysis of cDNAs with open reading frames for 300 previously undefined genes expressed in CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells”. Genome Res. 10 (10): 1546–60. doi:10.1101/gr.140200. PMC 310934. PMID 11042152.
  2. Reymond A, Friedli M, Henrichsen CN, Chapot F, Deutsch S, Ucla C, Rossier C, Lyle R, Guipponi M, Antonarakis SE (Nov 2001). “From PREDs and open reading frames to cDNA isolation: revisiting the human chromosome 21 transcription map”. Genomics. 78 (1–2): 46–54. doi:10.1006/geno.2001.6640. PMID 11707072.
  3. 3.0 3.1 “Entrez Gene: C21orf66 chromosome 21 open reading frame 66”.
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