Sp8 transcription factor

Sp8 transcription factor
Identifiers
Symbols SP8 ; BTD
External IDs OMIM: 608306 MGI: 2443471 HomoloGene: 18548 GeneCards: SP8 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 221833 320145
Ensembl ENSG00000164651 ENSMUSG00000048562
UniProt Q8IXZ3 Q8BMJ8
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_182700 NM_177082
RefSeq (protein) NP_874359 NP_796056
Location (UCSC) Chr 7:
20.78 – 20.79 Mb
Chr 12:
118.85 – 118.85 Mb
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Transcription factor Sp8 also known as specificity protein 8 (SP-8) or Btd transcription factor (buttonhead)[1] is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SP8 gene.[2][3] Sp8 is a transcription factor in the Sp/KLF family.

Function

Sp8 mediates limb outgrowth during early development.[1] Sp8 deletion in mice resulted in severe exencephaly.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Treichel D, Schöck F, Jäckle H, Gruss P, Mansouri A (November 2003). "mBtd is required to maintain signaling during murine limb development". Genes Dev. 17 (21): 2630–5. doi:10.1101/gad.274103. PMC 280612. PMID 14597661.
  2. Bell SM, Schreiner CM, Waclaw RR, Campbell K, Potter SS, Scott WJ (October 2003). "Sp8 is crucial for limb outgrowth and neuropore closure". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 100 (21): 12195–200. doi:10.1073/pnas.2134310100. PMC 218735. PMID 14526104.
  3. "Entrez Gene: Sp8 transcription factor".
  4. Waclaw RR, Allen ZJ, Bell SM, Erdélyi F, Szabó G, Potter SS, Campbell K (February 2006). "The zinc finger transcription factor Sp8 regulates the generation and diversity of olfactory bulb interneurons". Neuron 49 (4): 503–16. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2006.01.018. PMID 16476661.

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