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FAM120C
Introduction
Family with sequence similarity 120C is a protein in humans that is encoded by the FAM120C gene. [1]
This gene encodes a potential transmembrane protein and lies in a region where mutations and deletions have been associated with intellectual disability and autism. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011].