ROCK1 wt Allele

**Semantic type:** Gene or Genome

**Definition:** Human ROCK1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 18q11.1 and is approximately 157 kb in length. This allele, which encodes Rho-associated protein kinase 1 protein, plays a role in signal transduction, apoptotic membrane blebbing, exit from mitosis and prevention of actin depolymerization.

**Synonyms:** - P160ROCK - ROCK-I - Rho Associated Coiled-Coil Containing Protein Kinase 1 wt Allele - Rho-Associated Coiled-Coil-Containing Protein Kinase 1 Gene - Rho-Associated, Coiled-Coil Containing Protein Kinase 1 Gene