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Most malignancies were negative. A few cases of ovarian, cervical, stomach, pancreatic and liver cancers showed distinct cytoplasmic staining.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
LETM1
Synonyms
Description
Leucine zipper-EF-hand containing transmembrane protein 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a protein that is localized to the inner mitochondrial membrane. The protein functions to maintain the mitochondrial tubular shapes and is required for normal mitochondrial morphology and cellular viability. Mutations in this gene cause Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a complex malformation syndrome caused by the deletion of parts of the distal short arm of chromosome 4. Related pseudogenes have been identified on chromosomes 8, 15 and 19. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]