Gene: SMC1B

Alternate names for this Gene: SMC1BETA|SMC1L2

Gene Summary: SMC1L2 belongs to a family of proteins required for chromatid cohesion and DNA recombination during meiosis and mitosis (3:Revenkova et al., 2001 [PubMed 11564881]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008].

Gene is located in Chromosome: 22

Location in Chromosome : 22q13.31

Description of this Gene: structural maintenance of chromosomes 1B

Type of Gene: protein-coding

rs6006992 in SMC1B gene and Lymphocyte Count measurement PMID 22286170 2012 The combination of a genome-wide association study of lymphocyte count and analysis of gene expression data reveals novel asthma candidate genes.