Species Human Entrez 4969 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000106809 | |
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Aliases OGN, OG, OIF, SLRR3A, osteoglycin External IDs MGI: 109278 HomoloGene: 8542 GeneCards: OGN | ||
Osteoglycin (also called mimecan), encoded by the OGN gene, is a human protein.
This gene encodes a protein which induces ectopic bone formation in conjunction with transforming growth factor beta. This protein is a small proteoglycan which contains tandem leucine-rich repeats (LRR). The gene expresses three transcript variants.
The level of expression of this gene has been correlated with enlarged hearts and more specifically left ventricular hypertrophy.
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