| Modification Notes |
C18orf16 (chromosome 18 open reading frame 16) is a 131 amino acid protein encoded by a gene located on human chromosome 18. Chromosome 18 houses over 300 protein-coding genes and contains nearly 76 million nucleotide bases. There are a variety of diseases associated with defects in chromosome 18-localized genes, some of which include Trisomy 18 (also known as Edwards syndrome), Niemann-Pick disease, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, erythropoietic protoporphyria and follicular lymphomas. |