Surfeit
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Surfeit is a human gene
cluster that consists of a group of very tightly linked genes on chromosome 9
that do not share sequence similarity. Genes in this cluster are numbered 1 through 6: SURF1
, SURF2
, SURF3, SURF4
, SURF5, and SURF6
.
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
cluster that consists of a group of very tightly linked genes on chromosome 9
Chromosome 9 (human)
125px|rightChromosome 9 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans. People normally have two copies of this chromosome, as they normally do with all chromosomes...
that do not share sequence similarity. Genes in this cluster are numbered 1 through 6: SURF1
SURF1
Surfeit locus protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SURF1 gene.-Further reading:...
, SURF2
SURF2
SURF2 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the SURF2 gene.SURF2 is a member of the surfeit gene family....
, SURF3, SURF4
SURF4
Surfeit locus protein 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SURF4 gene.-Further reading:...
, SURF5, and SURF6
SURF6
Surfeit locus protein 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SURF6 gene.-Further reading:...
.