Primary Identifier | MGI:3619343 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 15 | NCBI Gene Number | 723897 |
Mgi Type | miRNA gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Acts upstream of or within cholesterol homeostasis and post-transcriptional gene silencing. Orthologous to human MIR33A (microRNA 33a). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null mutation display increased cellular cholesterol efflux and elevated circulating total and HDL cholesterol levels. [provided by MGI curators] |