Primary Identifier | MGI:1354736 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 19 | NCBI Gene Number | 225876 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0) Enables unmethylated CpG binding activity. Involved in transcription initiation-coupled chromatin remodeling. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including epithelial tube morphogenesis; neuroepithelial cell differentiation; and regulation of gene expression. Located in chromatin. Is expressed in embryo; forebrain; and limb. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lung non-small cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human KDM2A (lysine demethylase 2A). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null allele show embryonic lethality, severe growth retardation, reduced neuron proliferation, increased neuron apoptosis, impaired neuron differentiation, small hearts, abnormal cardiac looping and, in some cases, incomplete embryonic turning and neural tube closure defects. [provided by MGI curators] |