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Facts about Homeobox protein Nkx-3.2.
In concert with GSC, defines the structural components of the middle ear; required for tympanic ring and gonium development and in the regulation of the width of the malleus (By similarity). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | NKX3-2 |
Uniprot: | P78367 |
Entrez: | 579 |
Belongs to: |
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NK-3 homeobox family |
Bagpipe homeobox protein homolog 1; BAPX1bagpipe homeobox homolog 1 (Drosophila); Homeobox protein NK-3 homolog B; homeobox protein Nkx-3.2; MGC138171; NK3 homeobox 2; NKX3.2; NKX3BSMMD
Mass (kDA):
34.814 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 4p15.33 |
Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (13540830..13544508, complement) |
Expressed at highest levels in cartilage, bone (osteosarcoma) and gut (small intestine and colon), whereas moderate expression is seen in trachea and brain. Expressed in visceral mesoderm and embryonic skeleton.
Nucleus.
PMID: 9426254 by Tribioli C., et al. Molecular cloning, chromosomal mapping and developmental expression of BAPX1, a novel human homeobox-containing gene homologous to Drosophila bagpipe.
PMID: 9344671 by Yoshiura K., et al. Sequence and chromosomal assignment of human BAPX1, a bagpipe-related gene, to 4p16.1: a candidate gene for skeletal dysplasia.