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Facts about Insulin gene enhancer protein ISL-1.
Cooperates with the transcription factor POU4F2 to reach maximal levels of expression of RGC target genes and RGC fate specification in the developing retina. Involved in the specification of motor neurons in cooperation with LHX3 and LDB1.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | ISL1 |
Uniprot: | P61371 |
Entrez: | 3670 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
insulin gene enhancer protein ISL-1; ISL LIM homeobox 1; ISL1 transcription factor, LIM/homeodomain; ISL1 transcription factor, LIM/homeodomain, (islet-1); ISL1; Isl-1; Islet1; Islet-1
Mass (kDA):
39.036 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 5q11.1 |
Sequence: | 5; NC_000005.10 (51383448..51394730) |
Expressed in subsets of neurons of the adrenal medulla and dorsal root ganglion, inner nuclear and ganglion cell layers in the retina, the pineal and some regions of the brain.
Nucleus.
PMID: 7907017 by Wang M., et al. The LIM domain homeobox gene isl-1: conservation of human, hamster, and rat complementary deoxyribonucleic acid sequences and expression in cell types of nonneuroendocrine lineage.
PMID: 7912209 by Tanizawa Y., et al. Isolation of the human LIM/homeodomain gene islet-1 and identification of a simple sequence repeat polymorphism.