BMI1 Proto-Oncogene, Polycomb Ring Finger
RNF51
PCGF4
Polycomb Group RING Finger Protein 4
Polycomb Complex Protein BMI-1
B Lymphoma Mo-MLV Insertion Region 1 Homolog (Mouse)
Murine Leukemia Viral (Bmi-1) Oncogene Homolog
B Lymphoma Mo-MLV Insertion Region 1 Homolog
BMI1 Polycomb Ring Finger Proto-Oncogene
BMI1 Polycomb Ring Finger Oncogene
Polycomb Group Ring Finger 4
Polycomb Group Protein Bmi1
Ring Finger Protein 51
RING Finger Protein 51
Flvi-2/Bmi-1
FLVI2/BMI1
This gene encodes a ring finger protein that is major component of the polycomb group complex 1 (PRC1). This complex functions through chromatin remodeling as an essential epigenetic repressor of multiple regulatory genes involved in embryonic development and self-renewal in somatic stem cells. This protein also plays a central role in DNA damage repair. This gene is an oncogene and aberrant expression is associated with numerous cancers and is associated with resistance to certain chemotherapies. A pseudogene of this gene is found on chromosome X. Read-through transcription also exists between this gene and the upstream COMM domain containing 3 (COMMD3) gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]
Forensic Context
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