Primary Identifier | MGI:3045294 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 8 | NCBI Gene Number | 279499 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Involved in male meiotic nuclear division. Located in nucleus. Is expressed in primary spermatocyte; secondary spermatocyte; seminiferous tubule; spermatid; and testis. Orthologous to human KCTD19 (potassium channel tetramerization domain containing 19). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous null males are infertile, with delayed progression from early to mid/late pachynema and no mature spermatozoa in the cauda epididymis. [provided by MGI curators] |