IRX3

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Iroquois homeobox 3
Identifiers
SymbolsIRX3; IRX-1; IRXB1
External IDsOMIM: 612985 MGI: 1197522 HomoloGene: 7385 GeneCards: IRX3 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez7919116373
EnsemblENSG00000177508ENSMUSG00000031734
UniProtP78415P81067
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_024336NM_001253822
RefSeq (protein)NP_077312NP_001240751
Location (UCSC)Chr 16:
54.32 – 54.32 Mb
Chr 8:
91.8 – 91.8 Mb
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Iroquois-class homeodomain protein IRX-3, also known as Iroquois homeobox protein 3, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IRX3 gene.[1]

Function

IRX3 is a member of the Iroquois homeobox gene family and plays a role in an early step of neural development.[2] Members of this family appear to play multiple roles during pattern formation of vertebrate embryos.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: iroquois homeobox 3". 
  2. Bellefroid EJ, Kobbe A, Gruss P, Pieler T, Gurdon JB, Papalopulu N (January 1998). "Xiro3 encodes a Xenopus homolog of the Drosophila Iroquois genes and functions in neural specification". EMBO J. 17 (1): 191–203. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.1.191. PMC 1170370. PMID 9427753. 
  3. Lewis MT, Ross S, Strickland PA, Snyder CJ, Daniel CW (June 1999). "Regulated expression patterns of IRX-2, an Iroquois-class homeobox gene, in the human breast". Cell Tissue Res. 296 (3): 549–54. doi:10.1007/s004410051316. PMID 10370142. 

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