IRX4

Iroquois-class homeodomain protein IRX-4, also known as Iroquois homeobox protein 4, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IRX4 gene.[5][6]

IRX4
Identifiers
AliasesIRX4, IRXA3, iroquois homeobox 4
External IDsOMIM: 606199 MGI: 1355275 HomoloGene: 9485 GeneCards: IRX4
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

50805

50916

Ensembl

ENSG00000113430

ENSMUSG00000021604

UniProt

P78413

Q9QY61

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_016358
NM_001278632
NM_001278633
NM_001278634
NM_001278635

NM_018885

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001265561
NP_001265562
NP_001265563
NP_001265564
NP_057442

NP_061373

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 1.88 – 1.89 MbChr 13: 73.41 – 73.42 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Function

IRX4 is a member of the Iroquois homeobox gene family. Members of this family appear to play multiple roles during pattern formation of vertebrate embryos.[5]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000113430 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000021604 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: iroquois homeobox 4".
  6. Bruneau BG, Bao ZZ, Tanaka M, Schott JJ, Izumo S, Cepko CL, Seidman JG, Seidman CE (January 2000). "Cardiac expression of the ventricle-specific homeobox gene Irx4 is modulated by Nkx2-5 and dHand". Dev. Biol. 217 (2): 266–77. doi:10.1006/dbio.1999.9548. PMID 10625552.

Further reading

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