PHF21A, Official Symbol PHF21Aprovided by HGNC Official Full Name PHD finger protein 21Aprovided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:24156 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000135365 MIM:608325; AllianceGenome:HGNC:24156 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as BHC80; NEDMS; BM-006; IDDBCS Summary The PHF21A gene encodes BHC80, a component of a BRAF35 (MIM 605535)/histone deacetylase (HDAC; see MIM 601241) complex (BHC) that mediates repression of neuron-specific genes through the cis-regulatory element known as repressor element-1 (RE1) or neural restrictive silencer (NRS) (Hakimi et al., 2002 [PubMed 12032298]).[supplied by OMIM, Nov 2010] Expression Ubiquitous expression in testis (RPKM 7.2), ovary (RPKM 5.9) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all