External IDs GeneCards: TUG1 Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000253352 | Species Human Entrez 55000 | |
Aliases TUG1, LINC00080, NCRNA00080, TI-227H, taurine up-regulated 1 (non-protein coding) | ||
TUG1 (taurine upregulated gene 1) is a long non-coding RNA expressed in the retina and in the brain. It was first identified in a screen for genes upregulated by in developing retinal cells in response to taurine. It is required for the normal development of photoreceptors in the retina.
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