Primary Identifier | MGI:1098583 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | X | NCBI Gene Number | 20843 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0) Enables chromatin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within stem cell population maintenance. Part of chromatin. Is expressed in several structures, including genitourinary system; integumental system; limb; liver; and nervous system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Mullegama-Klein-Martinez syndrome and holoprosencephaly. Orthologous to human STAG2 (STAG2 cohesin complex component). PHENOTYPE: Mice hemizygous for a conditionally allele activated in embryos exhibit death at E10.5 with growth retardation and cardiac defects associated with reduced cell proliferation. Knockdown of expression of this gene results in lineage skewing of hematopoietic stem cells and myeloproliferative disorders in aged mice. [provided by MGI curators] |