Primary Identifier | MGI:99783 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 16869 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity and cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in several processes, including kidney development; nervous system development; and reproductive structure development. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cerebellar Purkinje cell differentiation; gastrulation; and regionalization. Located in nucleus. Part of transcription regulator complex. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; embryo mesoderm; genitourinary system; gut; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human LHX1 (LIM homeobox 1). PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for targeted null mutations are small, fail to develop head structures anterior to rhombomere 3 in the hindbrain, lack kidneys and gonads, and show aberrant trajectories of limb motor axons. Most mutants die around embryonic day 10. [provided by MGI curators] |