PIWIL4
Identifiers
AliasesPIWIL4, HIWI2, MIWI2, piwi like RNA-mediated gene silencing 4
External IDsOMIM: 610315 MGI: 3041167 HomoloGene: 45122 GeneCards: PIWIL4
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

143689

330890

Ensembl

ENSG00000134627

ENSMUSG00000036912

UniProt

Q7Z3Z4

Q8CGT6

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_152431

NM_177905
NM_001368831
NM_001368832
NM_001368836

RefSeq (protein)

NP_689644

NP_001355760
NP_001355761
NP_001355765

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 94.54 – 94.62 MbChr 9: 14.61 – 14.65 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Piwi like RNA-mediated gene silencing 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PIWIL4 gene. [5]

Function

PIWIL4 belongs to the Argonaute family of proteins, which function in development and maintenance of germline stem cells (Sasaki et al., 2003 [PubMed 12906857]).

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000134627 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000036912 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: Piwi like RNA-mediated gene silencing 4". Retrieved 2017-02-11.

Further reading

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