| Primary Identifier | MGI:1930036 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
| Chromosome | 14 | NCBI Gene Number | 57746 |
| Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
| description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0) Enables RNA binding activity; RNA endonuclease activity; and polysome binding activity. Involved in several processes, including germ-line stem cell population maintenance; regulation of gene expression; and retrotransposon silencing. Acts upstream of with a positive effect on piRNA-mediated retrotransposon silencing by heterochromatin formation. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of meiosis I. Located in several cellular components, including cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein granule; dense body; and perinucleolar chromocenter. Part of PET complex. Is expressed in central nervous system; genitourinary system; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human PIWIL2 (piwi like RNA-mediated gene silencing 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit decreased testis weight, azoospermia, and male infertility associated with a complete arrest of spermatogenesis and increased apoptotic cell death during the early prophase of the first meiosis. [provided by MGI curators] |
Features --> Cross References
Canonical gene --> CDSs in specific strains.
Canonical gene --> Exons in specific strains
Canonical gene --> Strain-specific IDs, biotypes, and locations
Canonical gene --> Transcripts in specific strains.
Features --> Overlapping features
