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Malignant tissues weak to moderate nuclear/nucleolar and occasional cytoplasmic staining. Several cases of malignant lymphomas, melanomas along with occasional cases of ovarian, skin and colorectal cancers displayed strong positivity.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
C11orf31 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
SELH
Description
Chromosome 11 open reading frame 31 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a selenoprotein, which contains a selenocysteine (Sec) residue at its active site. The selenocysteine is encoded by the UGA codon that normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTR of selenoprotein genes have a common stem-loop structure, the sec insertion sequence (SECIS), that is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal. The exact function of this gene is not known, however, selenoproteins are thought to be responsible for most biomedical effects of dietary selenium. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]