DEK
Description
The DEK (DEK proto-oncogene) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 6.
DEK, also known as DEK, is a human gene. It is distinct from other entities that share the same name, such as the Dek language, Dek Island in Ethiopia, Dek (news), Dek as a proposed name for digit 10 in duodecimal, Dek, Qazvin, a village in Iran, German Evangelical Church Confederation, German Evangelical Church in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, Deutsche Einheitskurzschrift, a German stenography system, Democratic National Party (Cyprus), diethyl ketone, Donald Ervin Knuth, and Dek (number) in the Dozenal number system.
Involved in the organization of chromatin.
DEK is also known as D6S231E.
Associated Diseases
- carcinoma of liver and intrahepatic biliary tract
- gliomatosis cerebri
- urinary bladder carcinoma
- pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
