Primary Identifier | MGI:1922097 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 74847 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Acts upstream of or within meiotic chromosome segregation and meiotic sister chromatid cohesion. Located in kinetochore. Is expressed in seminiferous tubule. Orthologous to human MEIKIN (meiotic kinetochore factor). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null mutation display male and female infertility with defects in sister kinetochore pairing in meiosis I. [provided by MGI curators] |