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Facts about Fibroblast growth factor 13.
Plays a vital role in neuron polarization and migration in the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | FGF13 |
| Uniprot: | Q92913 |
| Entrez: | 2258 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| heparin-binding growth factors family |

FGF13; FGF-13; FGF2Fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 2; FHF2FHF-2; fibroblast growth factor 13
Mass (kDA):
27.564 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Xq26.3-q27.1 |
| Sequence: | X; NC_000023.11 (138614727..139222889, complement) |
Ubiquitously expressed. Predominantly expressed in the nervous system.
Cell projection, filopodium. Cell projection, growth cone. Cell projection, dendrite. Nucleus. Cytoplasm. Not secreted.; [Isoform 1]: Nucleus, nucleolus.; [Isoform 2]: Cytoplasm. Nucleus.




PMID: 8790420 by Smallwood P.M., et al. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) homologous factors: new members of the FGF family implicated in nervous system development.
PMID: 10071193 by Gecz J., et al. Fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 2 (FHF2): gene structure, expression and mapping to the Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann syndrome region in Xq26 delineated by a duplication breakpoint in a BFLS-like patient.