Primary Identifier | MGI:102965 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 2 | NCBI Gene Number | 20272 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables sodium channel activity. Involved in osmosensory signaling pathway. Acts upstream of or within cellular homeostasis; response to bacterium; and sodium ion homeostasis. Located in glial cell projection. Is active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in heart and heart ventricle. Orthologous to human SCN7A (sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 7). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for disruptions in this gene have a modified dietary preference for NaCl but are phenotypically normal otherwise. [provided by MGI curators] |