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TUG1

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TUG1
Identifiers
AliasesTUG1, LINC00080, NCRNA00080, TI-227H, taurine up-regulated 1 (non-protein coding)
External IDsOMIM: 614971; GeneCards: TUG1; OMA:TUG1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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TUG1 (taurine upregulated gene 1) is a long non-coding RNA expressed in the retina and in the brain. It was first identified in a screen for genes upregulated by in developing retinal cells in response to taurine. It is required for the normal development of photoreceptors in the retina.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ^ Young TL, Matsuda T, Cepko CL (March 2005). "The noncoding RNA taurine upregulated gene 1 is required for differentiation of the murine retina". Curr. Biol. 15 (6): 501–512. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2005.02.027. PMID 15797018. S2CID 14573295.

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