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Facts about Ventral anterior homeobox 2.
Plays a crucial role in eye development and, in particular, in the specification of the ventral optic vesicle. May be a regulator of axial polarization in the retina.
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Gene Name: | Vax2 |
Uniprot: | Q9WTP9 |
Entrez: | 24113 |
Belongs to: |
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EMX homeobox family |
DRES93; ventral anterior homeobox 2
Mass (kDA):
31.701 kDA
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Location: | 6 C3|6 35.94 cM |
Sequence: | 6; |
Expressed in the developing and mature retina.
PMID: 10421837 by Ohsaki K., et al. Expression of the Vax family homeobox genes suggests multiple roles in eye development.
PMID: 10485894 by Barbieri A.M., et al. A homeobox gene, vax2, controls the patterning of the eye dorsoventral axis.