Gene Symbol | Oprm1 |
Entrez Gene ID | 18390 |
Full Name | opioid receptor, mu 1 |
Synonyms | M-OR-1,MOP-R,MOR-1,MOR-1O,Oprm,mor,muOR |
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Gene Type | protein-coding |
Organism | Mus musculus(house mouse) |
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Summary | This gene encodes the mu opioid receptor which is where drugs such as morphine and other opioids have pharmacological effects. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2014]. |