Primary Identifier | MGI:2685024 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 8 | NCBI Gene Number | 234740 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0) Acts upstream of or within several processes, including embryonic digit morphogenesis; neuroepithelial cell differentiation; and smoothened signaling pathway. Located in ciliary membrane and ciliary transition zone. Part of MKS complex. Is expressed in embryo. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Joubert syndrome 20 and Meckel syndrome. Orthologous to human TMEM231 (transmembrane protein 231). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a gene trapped allele exhibit complete lethality throughout fetal growth and development, defective patterning of the ventral spinal cord, a striking loss in cilia, severe vascular defects, polydactyly, and microphthalmia. [provided by MGI curators] |