Official Symbol
MIAT provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
myocardial infarction associated transcript
Gene ID
440823
Chromosome
chr22
Start Site
26646411
End Site
26676475
Strand
+
Assembly
GRCh38
Biotype
lncRNA
Also known as
C22orf35|GOMAFU|LINC00066|NCRNA00066|RNCR2|lncRNA-MIAT
Summary
This gene encodes a spliced long non-coding RNA that may constitute a component of the nuclear matrix. Altered expression of this locus has been reported to be associated with a susceptibility to myocardial infarction. It has also been proposed that pathways involving this transcript may contribute to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. A similar gene in mouse has been associated with retinal cell fate determination. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2014]