Primary Identifier | MGI:2685402 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 1 | NCBI Gene Number | 227357 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables actin filament binding activity. Involved in sensory perception of sound. Is active in stereocilium tip. Is expressed in metanephros; saccule; submandibular gland; and testis. Orthologous to human ESPNL (espin like). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null allele exhibit high-frequency hearing loss and abnormal outer hair cell stereociliary bundle morphology, with the shortest row of stereocilia largely missing from the basal region, but no overt vestibular phenotype. [provided by MGI curators] |