Primary Identifier | MGI:1931560 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 80861 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables double-stranded RNA binding activity. Involved in regulation of innate immune response; regulation of type I interferon production; and response to virus. Acts upstream of or within response to bacterium. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in central nervous system and retina. Orthologous to human DHX58 (DExH-box helicase 58). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit increased susceptibility to EMCV infection and decreased susceptibility to VSV infection. Mice homozygous for a different knock-out allele exhibit increased susceptibility to WNV infection. [provided by MGI curators] |