TTTY20 Gene

Name testis-specific transcript, Y-linked 20 (non-protein coding)
Summary
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Synonyms NCRNA00145
NCBI Gene ID 252951
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Functional Associations

TTTY20 has 209 functional associations with biological entities spanning 3 categories (molecular profile, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 9 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of TTTY20 gene relative to other cell lines from the CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles transcription factor binding site profiles with transcription factor binding evidence at the promoter of TTTY20 gene from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors binding the promoter of TTTY20 gene in ChIP-seq datasets from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations gene perturbations changing expression of TTTY20 gene from the GEO Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Gene Perturbations dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors regulating expression of TTTY20 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of TTTY20 gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
KnockTF Gene Expression Profiles with Transcription Factor Perturbations transcription factor perturbations changing expression of TTTY20 gene from the KnockTF Gene Expression Profiles with Transcription Factor Perturbations dataset.
Roadmap Epigenomics Histone Modification Site Profiles histone modification site profiles with high histone modification abundance at TTTY20 gene from the Roadmap Epigenomics Histone Modification Site Profiles dataset.
TCGA Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Tumors tissue samples with high or low expression of TTTY20 gene relative to other tissue samples from the TCGA Signatures of Differentially Expressed Genes for Tumors dataset.