XB-FEAT-5866628

f8a3

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nomenclature changes

05/15/2017 Human name has changed for Entrez Gene: 8263. From coagulation factor VIII-associated 1 to coagulation factor VIII associated 1 ( removed hyphen)

summary from entrez gene

This gene is contained entirely within intron 22 of the factor VIII gene; spans less than 2 kb, and is transcribed in the direction opposite of factor VIII. A portion of intron 22 (int22h), containing F8A, is repeated twice extragenically closer to the Xq telomere. Although its function is unknown, the observation that this gene is conserved in the mouse implies it has some function. Unlike factor VIII, this gene is transcribed abundantly in a wide variety of cell types. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]