VSX2 (visual system homeobox 2)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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338917 |
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Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Visual system homeobox 2 |
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Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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VSX2 |
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Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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CHX10, HOX10, MCOP2, MCOPCB3, RET1 |
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Chromosome
Chromosome number
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14 |
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Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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14q24.3 |
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Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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This gene encodes a homeobox protein originally described as a retina-specific transcription factor. Mutations in this gene are associated with microphthalmia, cataracts and iris abnormalities. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009] |
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SNPs
SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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Other IDs
Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
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| UniProt ID | P58304 | |||||||||||||||
| Protein name | Visual system homeobox 2 (Ceh-10 homeodomain-containing homolog) (Homeobox protein CHX10) | |||||||||||||||
| Protein function | Acts as a transcriptional regulator through binding to DNA at the consensus sequence 5'-[TC]TAATT[AG][AG]-3' upstream of gene promoters (PubMed:27301076). Plays a significant role in the specification and morphogenesis of the sensory retina (By | |||||||||||||||
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Pfam
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| Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Abundantly expressed in retinal neuroblasts during eye development and in the inner nuclear layer of the adult retina. Within this layer, expression is stronger in the outer margin where bipolar cells predominate. | |||||||||||||||
| Sequence |
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| Sequence length | 361 | |||||||||||||||
| Interactions | View interactions | |||||||||||||||
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Associated diseases
Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
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