MYO18A wt Allele

**Semantic type:** Gene or Genome

**Definition:** Human MYO18A wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 17q11.2 and is approximately 107 kb in length. This allele, which encodes unconventional myosin-XVIIIa protein and putative TGFB1-induced anti-apoptotic factor 1 protein, plays a role in the modeling of the cytoskeleton and the negative regulation of apoptosis respectively.

**Synonyms:** - DKFZp686L0243 - KIAA0216 - MAJN - MYSPDZ - Myosin XVIIIA wt Allele - MysPDZ - SP-R210 - SPR210 - Surfactant Protein A Receptor, 210-kD Gene - TGFB1-Induced Anti-Apoptotic Factor 1 Gene - TIAF1