TCF12

Transcription factor 12
Identifiers
Symbols TCF12; HEB; HTF4; HsT17266; bHLHb20
External IDs OMIM600480 MGI101877 HomoloGene40774 GeneCards: TCF12 Gene
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 6938 21406
Ensembl ENSG00000140262 ENSMUSG00000032228
UniProt Q99081 Q3TE72
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003205.3 NM_011544.3
RefSeq (protein) NP_003196.1 NP_035674.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 15:
57.21 – 57.58 Mb
Chr 9:
71.69 – 71.96 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Transcription factor 12 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TCF12 gene.[1][2]

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) E-protein family that recognizes the consensus binding site (E-box) CANNTG. This encoded protein is expressed in many tissues, among them skeletal muscle, thymus, B- and T-cells, and may participate in regulating lineage-specific gene expression through the formation of heterodimers with other bHLH E-proteins. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been determined.[2]

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