Primary Identifier | MGI:3040968 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 6 | NCBI Gene Number | 232413 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0) Predicted to enable protein phosphatase binding activity and transmembrane signaling receptor activity. Predicted to be involved in signal transduction. Predicted to act upstream of or within regulation of immune response. Predicted to be located in cell surface. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in embryo mesenchyme; liver left lobe; liver right lobe; olfactory epithelium; and thymus primordium. Orthologous to human CLEC12A (C-type lectin domain family 12 member A). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null allele exhibit hyperinflammatory responses following challenge with uric acid crystals (monosodium urate) or necrotic cells and after radiation-induced thymocyte killing. Homozygotes for a different null allele show increased susceptibility to bacterial infection. [provided by MGI curators] |