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MYH13 myosin heavy chain 13

Gene ID: 8735, updated on 27-Aug-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: MyHC-eo; MyHC-IIL

Summary

Predicted to enable microfilament motor activity. Predicted to be involved in muscle contraction. Predicted to act upstream of or within cellular response to starvation. Located in extracellular exosome. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Genomic context

Location:
17p13.1
Sequence:
Chromosome: 17; NC_000017.11 (10300865..10373006, complement)
Total number of exons:
41

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