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Facts about Forkhead box protein L2.
Prevents trans- differentiation of ovary to testis via transcriptional repression of the Sertoli cell-promoting gene SOX9 (By similarity). Has apoptotic activity in ovarian cells.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | FOXL2 |
Uniprot: | P58012 |
Entrez: | 668 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
BPES; BPES1; BPES1PINTO; forkhead box L2; forkhead box protein L2; forkhead transcription factor FOXL2; FOXL2; PFRK; PINTO; POF3
Mass (kDA):
38.772 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 3q22.3 |
Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (138944224..138947137, complement) |
In addition to its expression in the developing eyelid, it is transcribed very early in somatic cells of the developing gonad (before sex determination) and its expression persists in the follicular cells of the adult ovary.
Nucleus.
PMID: 11175783 by Crisponi L., et al. The putative forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 is mutated in blepharophimosis/ptosis/epicanthus inversus syndrome.
PMID: 16153597 by Lee K., et al. Transcriptional factor FOXL2 interacts with DP103 and induces apoptosis.
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