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Facts about Homeobox protein Nkx-6.1.
Together with NKX2-2 and IRX3 acts to limit the generation of motor neurons into the suitable area of the neural tube. Belongs to the class II proteins of neuronal progenitor variables, which are triggered by SHH signals (By similarity).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | NKX6-1 |
Uniprot: | P78426 |
Entrez: | 4825 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
Homeobox protein NK-6 homolog A; NK homeo box, family 6, member A; NK homeobox (Drosophila), family 6, A; NK homeobox, family 6, A; NK6 homeobox 1; NK6 transcription factor homolog A; NK6 transcription factor related, locus 1 (Drosophila); NK6 transcription factor related, locus 1; NKX6.1; NKX6-1; NKX6A; NKX6Ahomeobox protein Nkx-6.1
Mass (kDA):
37.849 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 4q21.23 |
Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (84493283..84498234, complement) |
Pancreatic beta cells.
Nucleus.
PMID: 9119408 by Inoue H., et al. Isolation, characterization, and chromosomal mapping of the human Nkx6.1 gene (NKX6A), a new pancreatic islet homeobox gene.