Primary Identifier | MGI:1918881 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 9 | NCBI Gene Number | 208098 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0) Predicted to enable wide pore channel activity. Predicted to be involved in cell-cell signaling and monoatomic cation transport. Predicted to act upstream of or within monoatomic ion transmembrane transport. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; hypothalamus; limb; skeleton; and white fat. Orthologous to human PANX3 (pannexin 3). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit protection against surgically induced osteoarthritis. [provided by MGI curators] |