Primary Identifier | MGI:88521 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 1 | NCBI Gene Number | 12964 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to be a structural constituent of eye lens. Acts upstream of or within lens development in camera-type eye. Is expressed in eye; head; lens; lens fiber; and lens primordium. Used to study cataract. Orthologous to human CRYGA (crystallin gamma A). PHENOTYPE: Heterozygotes for an ethylnitrosourea-induced replacement mutation exhibit a diffuse nuclear opacity of the lens. [provided by MGI curators] |