SMARCAD1

SMARCAD1

SMARCAD1

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

SWI/SNF-related matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of chromatin subfamily A containing DEAD/H box 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SMARCAD1 gene.[5][6]

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Proper expression of SMARCAD1 may be important to fingerprint development,[7] and the disruption of its expression is believed to cause adermatoglyphia, the absence of fingerprints.

References

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    GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000163104 – Ensembl, May 2017
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    GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000029920 – Ensembl, May 2017
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    "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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    "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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    Adra CN, Donato JL, Badovinac R, Syed F, Kheraj R, Cai H, Moran C, Kolker MT, Turner H, Weremowicz S, Shirakawa T, Morton CC, Schnipper LE, Drews R (Jan 2001). "SMARCAD1, a novel human helicase family-defining member associated with genetic instability: cloning, expression, and mapping to 4q22-q23, a band rich in breakpoints and deletion mutants involved in several human diseases". Genomics. 69 (2): 162–73. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6281. PMID 11031099.
  6. [6]
    "Entrez Gene: SMARCAD1 SWI/SNF-related, matrix-associated actin-dependent regulator of chromatin, subfamily a, containing DEAD/H box 1".
  7. [7]
    "The Mystery of the Missing Fingerprints".

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