| Primary Identifier | MGI:1915396 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
| Chromosome | 16 | NCBI Gene Number | 68146 |
| Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
| description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 9.1.0) Enables GTP-dependent protein binding activity. Involved in several processes, including nervous system development; non-motile cilium assembly; and smoothened signaling pathway. Acts upstream of or within dorsal/ventral pattern formation; heart looping; and left/right axis specification. Located in axoneme; ciliary membrane; and motile cilium. Is active in 9+0 non-motile cilium; ciliary base; and ciliary shaft. Is expressed in several structures, including embryo mesenchyme; gonad; heart and pericardium; metanephros; and neural ectoderm. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Joubert syndrome 8. Orthologous to human ARL13B (ARF like GTPase 13B). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for an ENU-induced mutation die at E13-E14 exhibiting left-right randomization and absence of the floor plate in the caudal spinal cord. [provided by MGI curators] |