Primary Identifier | MGI:95566 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 1 | NCBI Gene Number | 14268 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables peptidase activator activity and receptor ligand activity. Involved in negative regulation of monocyte activation and response to muscle activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including calcium-independent cell-matrix adhesion; cell-substrate junction assembly; and positive regulation of axon extension. Located in apical plasma membrane and basement membrane. Is active in extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; cardiovascular system; egg cylinder; embryo mesenchyme; and genitourinary system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis; membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; and spondylometaphyseal dysplasia corner fracture type. Orthologous to human FN1 (fibronectin 1). PHENOTYPE: Mutants are defective in mesodermal function. Null mutants are embryonic lethal with major patterning and organizational defects. Conditional mutants live and show increased neuronal apoptosis and susceptibility to induced cerebral ischemia. [provided by MGI curators] |