DLX4

Distal-less homeobox 4
Identifiers
SymbolsDLX4 ; BP1; DLX7; DLX8; DLX9
External IDsOMIM: 601911 MGI: 94904 HomoloGene: 7292 GeneCards: DLX4 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez174813394
EnsemblENSG00000108813ENSMUSG00000020871
UniProtQ92988P70436
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001934NM_007867
RefSeq (protein)NP_001925NP_031893
Location (UCSC)Chr 17:
48.05 – 48.05 Mb
Chr 11:
95.14 – 95.15 Mb
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Homeobox protein DLX-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DLX4 gene.[1]

Function

Many vertebrate homeobox-containing genes have been identified on the basis of their sequence similarity with Drosophila developmental genes. Members of the Dlx gene family contain a homeobox that is related to that of Distal-less (Dll), a gene expressed in the head and limbs of the developing fruit fly. The Distal-less (Dlx) family of genes comprises at least 6 different members, DLX1-DLX6. The DLX proteins are postulated to play a role in forebrain and craniofacial development. Three transcript variants have been described for this gene, however, the full length nature of one variant has not been described. Studies of the two splice variants revealed that one encoded isoform functions as a repressor of the beta-globin gene while the other isoform lacks that function.[1]

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.