UNC5C
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: UNC5C
- Official Name: unc-5 netrin receptor C
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 8633
- UniProt: O95185
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Receptor for netrin required for axon guidance. Mediates axon repulsion of neuronal growth cones in the developing nervous system upon ligand binding. Axon repulsion in growth cones may be caused by its association with DCC that may trigger signaling for repulsion. Also involved in corticospinal tract axon guidances independently of DCC. It also acts as a dependence receptor required for apoptosis induction when not associated with netrin ligand. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O08747}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 4470
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -7.68