NCIt definition : Human HOTAIR wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 12q13.13 and is approximately
13 kb in length. This allele, which encodes HOX transcript antisense RNA, is involved
in the negative regulation of HOXD gene transcription.;
NCIt note : The HOTAIR gene is co-expressed with the HOXC family genes that are in the same gene
cluster on chromosome 12.;