H19 wt Allele

**Semantic type:** Gene or Genome

**Definition:** Human H19 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 11p15.5 and is approximately 6 kb in length. This allele, which encodes CDNA FLJ32212 fis, clone PLACE6003399, weakly similar to SPIDROIN 1 protein, is an imprinted gene that is only expressed from the maternal allele. The H19 gene plays a putative role in the inhibition of cell growth. This gene is associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, embryonal neoplasms and nephroblastoma.

**Synonyms:** - ASM - ASM1 - BWS - D11S813E - H19, Imprinted Maternally Expressed Untranslated mRNA wt Allele - MGC4485 - NCRNA00008 - Non-Protein Coding RNA 8 Gene - PRO2605 - WT2