NCL, Official Symbol NCLprovided by HGNC Official Full Name nucleolinprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:7667 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000115053 MIM:164035; AllianceGenome:HGNC:7667 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as C23; Nsr1 Summary Nucleolin (NCL), a eukaryotic nucleolar phosphoprotein, is involved in the synthesis and maturation of ribosomes. It is located mainly in dense fibrillar regions of the nucleolus. Human NCL gene consists of 14 exons with 13 introns and spans approximately 11kb. The intron 11 of the NCL gene encodes a small nucleolar RNA, termed U20. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Ubiquitous expression in lymph node (RPKM 147.8), appendix (RPKM 146.7) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all