C8orf70, Chromosome 8 open reading frame 70, F164A_HUMAN, fam164a, family with sequence similarity 164, member A, Hypothetical protein C8orf70, hypothetical protein LOC51101, Protein FAM164A, CGI 62, CGI-62.
Made up of nearly 146 million bases, chromosome 8 encodes about 800 genes. Translocation of portions of chromosome 8 with amplifications of the c-Myc gene are found in some leukemias and lymphomas, and typically associated with a poor prognosis. Portions