Primary Identifier | MGI:1926128 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | X | NCBI Gene Number | 78878 |
Mgi Type | lncRNA gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Acts upstream of or within camera-type eye morphogenesis; positive regulation of gene expression via chromosomal CpG island demethylation; and random inactivation of X chromosome. Is expressed in early conceptus. Orthologous to human FTX (FTX transcript, XIST regulator). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a null allele exhibit partially abnormal X-inactivation that results in microphthalmia in some homozygous and heterozygous female mice. [provided by MGI curators] |