Primary Identifier | MGI:1913390 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 66140 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable microtubule binding activity. Involved in establishment of meiotic spindle orientation and spindle assembly involved in female meiosis. Located in meiotic spindle. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; early conceptus; genitourinary system; and respiratory system. Orthologous to human SKA2 (spindle and kinetochore associated complex subunit 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit decreased embryo size, a rudimentary egg cylinder, failure of primitive streak formation, absent primitive node and head folds, failure to gastrulate, and complete lethality prior to organogenesis. [provided by MGI curators] |