Primary Identifier | MGI:1351322 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 1 | NCBI Gene Number | 27217 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables several functions, including DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity; and protein homodimerization activity. Involved in several processes, including endodermal cell differentiation; negative regulation of hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation; and positive regulation of mesoderm development. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including digestive tract development; gastrulation; and hemopoiesis. Located in chromatin and nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including early embryo; egg cylinder; embryo mesoderm; metanephros; and primitive streak. Orthologous to human MIXL1 (Mix paired-like homeobox). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous null embryos are mostly arrested in development by E9 exhibiting abnormalities in primitive streak and node formation, disorganized head folds, foreshortened body axis, absence of heart tube and gut, deficient paraxial mesoderm, abnormal notochord morphology, and an enlarged allantois. [provided by MGI curators] |