Primary Identifier | MGI:1098767 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 1 | NCBI Gene Number | 68549 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0) Acts upstream of or within several processes, including meiotic nuclear division; meiotic sister chromatid cohesion; and positive regulation of maintenance of meiotic sister chromatid cohesion, centromeric. Located in kinetochore. Is expressed in nervous system and oocyte. Orthologous to human SGO2 (shugoshin 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null mutation display male and female infertility with abnormalities in meiosis but not in mitosis. [provided by MGI curators] |