Primary Identifier | MGI:104770 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 16 | NCBI Gene Number | 13845 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables axon guidance receptor activity. Involved in several processes, including corpus callosum development; neuron projection development; and tube morphogenesis. Acts upstream of or within central nervous system projection neuron axonogenesis and retinal ganglion cell axon guidance. Predicted to be active in dendrite and plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; embryo mesenchyme; heart; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human EPHB3 (EPH receptor B3). PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for a targeted null mutation exhibit defects in corpus callosum formation and impaired Paneth cell downward migration in the intestinal epithelium, resulting in scattered positioning along crypt and villus. [provided by MGI curators] |