Primary Identifier | MGI:1351640 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 13 | NCBI Gene Number | 108161 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to be involved in chromatin organization. Predicted to be located in intercellular bridge; midbody; and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Is expressed in primary spermatocyte; seminiferous tubule; and spermatid. Orthologous to human FAM50B (family with sequence similarity 50 member B). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous knockout leads to male infertility owing to impaired sperm motility caused by flagellum dysmorphologies. [provided by MGI curators] |