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Symbol VCL contributors: mct/npt/shn - updated : 29-06-2016
HGNC name vinculin
HGNC id 12665
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s) CMD1W
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
constitutional     --low  
associated with human cardiomyopathy (Palmer 2009)
Susceptibility
Variant & Polymorphism
Candidate gene
Marker
  • potential plasma biomarker for age-related macular degeneration
  • Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • vinculin null embryos were small, abnormal, lack of midline fusion of the rostral neural tube, producing a cranial bilobular appearance and attenuation of cranial and spinal nerve development and have heart development defects