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This gene encodes a protein whose function has been linked to hair growth. A similar protein in rat functions as a transcriptional corepressor for thyroid hormone and interacts with histone deacetylases.
Human Genetics
Variations in this gene are involved in low levels of hair (baldness / alopecia / hypotrichosis) Mutations in this gene in humans have been documented in cases of autosomal recessive congenital alopecia and atrichia with papular lesions.
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