# EIF1 wt Allele

National Cancer Institute

## Source

National Cancer Institute. *EIF1 wt Allele*. NCI Thesaurus. Code C53168.

Human EIF1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 17q21.2 and is approximately 3 kb in length. This allele, which encodes eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1 protein, plays a role that is essential for the initiation of messenger RNA translation.