Gene Symbol |
HES5
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Entrez Gene |
388585
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Alt Symbol |
bHLHb38
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Species |
Human
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Gene Type |
protein-coding
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Description |
hes family bHLH transcription factor 5
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Other Description |
class B basic helix-loop-helix protein 38|hairy and enhancer of split 5|transcription factor HES-5
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Swissprots |
Q5TA89 B9DI85
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Accessions |
EAW56096 Q5TA89 BC087840 AAH87840 BX104111 DQ272660 ABB83829 XM_005244751 XP_005244808 XM_006724945 XP_006725008 NM_001010926 NP_001010926
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Function |
Transcriptional repressor of genes that require a bHLH protein for their transcription. Plays an important role as neurogenesis negative regulator (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
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Subcellular Location |
Nucleus {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU00380, ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00981}.
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Tissue Specificity |
Expressed in fetal heart and brain tumors. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15254753}.
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Top Pathways |
Notch signaling pathway
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