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Facts about Cortistatin.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | CORT |
Uniprot: | O00230 |
Entrez: | 1325 |
Belongs to: |
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somatostatin family |
cortistatin; cortistatin-14; cortistatin-17; cortistatin-29; CST-14; CST-17; CST-29; MGC32686; preprocortistatin
Mass (kDA):
11.532 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1p36.22 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (10450031..10451998) |
Expressed in a subset of GABAergic cells in the cortex and hippocampus.
Secreted.
PMID: 9125122 by Fukusumi S., et al. Identification and characterization of a novel human cortistatin-like peptide.
PMID: 9205124 by de Lecea L., et al. Cloning, mRNA expression, and chromosomal mapping of mouse and human preprocortistatin.