DLX4

Distal-less homeobox 4
Identifiers
Symbols DLX4 ; BP1; DLX7; DLX8; DLX9
External IDs OMIM: 601911 MGI: 94904 HomoloGene: 7292 GeneCards: DLX4 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 1748 13394
Ensembl ENSG00000108813 ENSMUSG00000020871
UniProt Q92988 P70436
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001934 NM_007867
RefSeq (protein) NP_001925 NP_031893
Location (UCSC) Chr 17:
49.97 – 49.97 Mb
Chr 11:
95.14 – 95.15 Mb
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Homeobox protein DLX-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DLX4 gene.[1]

Function

Many vertebrate homeobox-containing genes have been identified on the basis of their sequence similarity with Drosophila developmental genes. Members of the Dlx gene family contain a homeobox that is related to that of Distal-less (Dll), a gene expressed in the head and limbs of the developing fruit fly. The Distal-less (Dlx) family of genes comprises at least 6 different members, DLX1-DLX6. The DLX proteins are postulated to play a role in forebrain and craniofacial development. Three transcript variants have been described for this gene, however, the full length nature of one variant has not been described. Studies of the two splice variants revealed that one encoded isoform functions as a repressor of the beta-globin gene while the other isoform lacks that function.[1]

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