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Facts about Transcription factor 4.
Activates transcription by binding to the E box (5'-CANNTG-3'). Binds to the E-box present in the somatostatin receptor 2 initiator element (SSTR2-INR) to activate transcription (By similarity).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | TCF4 |
Uniprot: | P15884 |
Entrez: | 6925 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
BHLHB19; bHLHb19E2-2; Class B basic helix-loop-helix protein 19; Immunoglobulin transcription factor 2; ITF-2; ITF2PTHS; MGC149724; SEF-2; SEF2-1; SEF2-1A; SEF2-1B; SEF2MGC149723; SL3-3 enhancer factor 2; TCF-4; transcription factor 4
Mass (kDA):
71.308 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 18q21.2 |
Sequence: | 18; NC_000018.10 (55222185..55635957, complement) |
Expressed in adult heart, brain, placenta, skeletal muscle and to a lesser extent in the lung. In developing embryonic tissues, expression mostly occurs in the brain.
Nucleus.
PMID: 1681116 by Corneliussen B., et al. Helix-loop-helix transcriptional activators bind to a sequence in glucocorticoid response elements of retrovirus enhancers.
PMID: 21789225 by Sepp M., et al. Functional diversity of human basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor TCF4 isoforms generated by alternative 5' exon usage and splicing.