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EGOT (gene)

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External IDs
  
GeneCards: EGOT

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
ENSG00000235947

Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
100126791

Aliases
  
EGOT, EGO, NCRNA00190, eosinophil granule ontogeny transcript (non-protein coding)

EGOT, also known as Eosinophil Granule Ontogeny (EGO)† Transcript (non-protein coding), is a human gene at 3p26.1 that produces a long noncoding RNA molecule. EGOT is nested within an intron of the inositol triphosphate receptor type 1 (ITPR1) gene. The EGOT transcript is expressed during eosinophil development and is possibly involved in regulating eosinophil granule protein expression. Comparison of EGO-B, the spliced isoform, suggests EGOT may be conserved across placental mammals.

†Originally published as EGO but renamed as EGOT because 'EGO' is a real word and is therefore problematic when searching the scientific literature.

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EGOT (gene) Wikipedia