Primary Identifier | MGI:2143691 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 10 | NCBI Gene Number | 268354 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable receptor ligand activity. Involved in memory and visual learning. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in brain and cerebral cortex. Orthologous to human TAFA2 (TAFA chemokine like family member 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit impaired spatial learning and memory, impaired memory in novel object recognition test, increased anxiety, decreased depression-like behavior, neuronal loss and increased brain apoptosis. [provided by MGI curators] |