NEFM

NEFM
Identifiers
Aliases	NEFM, NEF3, NF-M, NFM, neurofilament, medium polypeptide, neurofilament medium, neurofilament medium chain
External IDs	OMIM: 162250; MGI: 97314; HomoloGene: 38041; GeneCards: NEFM; OMA:NEFM - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (human)
End	24,919,098 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 14 (mouse)
End	68,362,295 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	spinal ganglia; ; lateral nuclear group of thalamus; ; Pons; ; middle temporal gyrus; ; Brodmann area 23; ; endothelial cell; ; superior vestibular nucleus; ; pars compacta; ; primary visual cortex; ; frontal pole;
	Top expressed in
	anterior horn of spinal cord; ; superior cervical ganglion; ; deep cerebellar nuclei; ; facial motor nucleus; ; trigeminal ganglion; ; pontine nuclei; ; medial vestibular nucleus; ; dorsal tegmental nucleus; ; motor neuron; ; lateral geniculate nucleus;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	microtubule binding; structural constituent of cytoskeleton; protein binding; structural molecule activity;
Cellular component	neurofibrillary tangle; axon; intermediate filament; neurofilament; intermediate filament cytoskeleton;
Biological process	neurofilament bundle assembly; axon development;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	4741
	18040
	ENSG00000104722
	ENSMUSG00000022054
	P07197
	P08553
	NM_005382; NM_001105541
	NM_008691
	NP_001099011; NP_005373
	NP_032717
	Wikidata
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Neurofilament medium polypeptide (NF-M) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NEFM gene.^[5]^[6]