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SOX18 SRY-box transcription factor 18

Gene ID: 54345, updated on 5-Mar-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: HLTS; HLTRS

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors involved in the regulation of embryonic development and in the determination of the cell fate. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional regulator after forming a protein complex with other proteins. This protein plays a role in hair, blood vessel, and lymphatic vessel development. Mutations in this gene have been associated with recessive and dominant forms of hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Genomic context

Location:
20q13.33
Sequence:
Chromosome: 20; NC_000020.11 (64047582..64049639, complement)
Total number of exons:
2

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