| Gene Symbol |
EMX1
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| Entrez Gene |
2016
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| Alt Symbol |
-
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| Species |
Human
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| Gene Type |
protein-coding
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| Description |
empty spiracles homeobox 1
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| Other Description |
empty spiracles homolog 1|empty spiracles-like protein 1|homeobox protein EMX1
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| Swissprots |
Q86XB0 Q04741 Q53T30 Q0D2P0
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| Accessions |
AAY14744 EAW99755 EAW99756 Q04741 AK092368 BC037242 AAH37242 BC045762 AAH45762 BE501779 CB156771 X68879 CAA48750 XM_005264203 XP_005264260 XM_011532695 XP_011530997 XM_011532696 XP_011530998 XM_011532697 XP_011530999 NM_001040404 NM_004097 NP_004088
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| Function |
Transcription factor, which in cooperation with EMX2, acts to generate the boundary between the roof and archipallium in the developing brain. May function in combinations with OTX1/2 to specify cell fates in the developing central nervous system.
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| Subcellular Location |
Nucleus {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU00108, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20887964}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20887964}. Note=Might be shuttling between the nucleus and the cytoplasm.
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| Tissue Specificity |
Cerebral cortex.
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