Primary Identifier | MGI:1340042 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | X | NCBI Gene Number | 107815 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable chromatin binding activity and histone binding activity. Acts upstream of or within apoptotic process and protein localization to chromosome. Located in XY body; chromatin; and nucleus. Orthologous to human SCML2 (Scm polycomb group protein like 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit male sterility with small testis, impaired differentiation in spermatogenesis and apoptosis of differentiating male germ cells. [provided by MGI curators] |