Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Acts upstream of or within cellular component maintenance; nuclear body organization; and response to wounding. Located in paraspeckles. Is expressed in several structures, including Harderian gland; adrenal gland; genitourinary system; gut; and hemolymphoid system gland. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in colon cancer. Orthologous to human NEAT1 (nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1).