Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
TYMP is a gene that encodes for the enzyme thymidine phosphorylase .[ 5] [ 6] The TYMP gene is also known as ECGF1 (endothelial cell growth factor 1, platelet-derived) and MNGIE due to its role in MNGIE syndrome . [ 7]
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