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Summary Expression Gene Literature (158) GO Terms (5) Nucleotides (84) Proteins (22) Interactants (1243) Wiki
XB-GENEPAGE- 492664

Gene Symbol: rax

Gene Name: retina and anterior neural fold homeobox

Synonyms: rx1 , Xrx1 , Xrax , Rx2A , rx , rx1a , rax-a , rax1 , Xrx1A , rax-b , rx-1
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Gene Function: homeodomain transcription factor

Protein Function :
Plays a critical role in eye formation by regulating the initial specification of retinal cells and/or their subsequent proliferation.


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Disease Ontology:
   ISOLATED MICROPHTHALMIA 3 [+]

OMIM Diseases:
   MICROPHTHALMIA, ISOLATED 3; MCOP3
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Xenbase Gene ID XB-GENE-492665 XB-GENE-866185 XB-GENE-6252134
Gene Symbol rax rax.L rax.S
Chromosome Chr01 chr1L chr1S
Molecules tropicalis laevis.L laevis.S
Gene Genomic sequence Genomic sequence Genomic sequence
CDS Gene model
Entrez Gene
Entrez Gene
Entrez Gene
mRNA NCBI Nucleotide Refseq Refseq
Protein NCBI Protein TrEMBL Refseq Swiss-Prot TrEMBL Refseq Swiss-Prot
Genomic tropicalis laevis.L laevis.S
Genome Browser
Links
Genomic Synteny Genomicus PANTHER
Expression tropicalis laevis.L laevis.S
Ensembl Ensembl
UniGene Str.53135 Xl.187 Xl.186 [+]
RNA-Seq profile Stage profile: Stage profile:       Tissue heatmap:
Experimental regulation Regulation heatmap:
Images 182 expression image(s) for tropicalis and laevis
Data Mining tropicalis laevis.L laevis.S
XenMine rax rax.L rax.S
Phenotype tropicalis laevis.L laevis.S
Smith Morpholino Screen    
Orthology
MOD Entrez Gene Genetic Phenotypes Gene Expression
human
OMIM:Gene, HGNC, GeneCards RAX OMIM, MalaCards, KEGG Disease, DECIPHER Ensembl, Protein Atlas, Allen Brain Atlas
mouse
MGI, AGR Rax MGI, IMPC Ensembl, Eurexpress, MGI, Allen Brain Atlas
zebrafish
ZFIN, AGR rx1 ZFIN Ensembl
chicken
GEISHA RAX2 Ensembl
fruit fly
worm
WORMBASE
Publications
First: Coordinated regulation of and transcriptional activation by Xenopus thyroid hormone and retinoid X receptors. [J Biol Chem 1995]
Most recent: The age-regulated zinc finger factor ZNF367 is a new modulator of neuroblast proliferation during embryonic neurogenesis. [Sci Rep 2018]
View All Papers 52 paper(s) referencing morpholinos 4 paper(s) referencing OMIMs 7 paper(s) referencing Disease Ontology
Functional Ontologies tropicalis laevis.L laevis.S
GO 4 terms 5 terms 5 terms
PANTHER rax
KEGG Pathways K09332 K09332
KOG [R] Transcription factor, contains HOX domain
Reagents tropicalis laevis.L laevis.S
CRISPR / TALEN CRISPR tools CRISPR tools CRISPR tools
Clones
GE Dharmacon GE Dharmacon GE Dharmacon
Source BioScience Source BioScience Source BioScience
Morpholino rax MO1 , rax MO2 rax MO1 , rax MO2 rax MO1 , rax MO2
ORF rax.L ORF1
Affymetrix 1.0 Str.40533.1.S1_at [+] Xl.187.1.S1_at Xl.186.1.S2_at [+]
Affymetrix 2.0 Xl2.187.1.S1_at Xl2.186.1.S1_at [+]

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