USF2

USF2
Identifiers
Aliases	USF2, FIP, bHLHb12, upstream transcription factor 2, c-fos interacting
External IDs	OMIM: 600390; MGI: 99961; HomoloGene: 2527; GeneCards: USF2; OMA:USF2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 19 (human)
End	35,279,821 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 7 (mouse)
End	30,656,228 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right hemisphere of cerebellum; ; apex of heart; ; right frontal lobe; ; C1 segment; ; ganglionic eminence; ; left ovary; ; anterior pituitary; ; right ovary; ; right lobe of thyroid gland; ; ventricular zone;
	Top expressed in
	neural layer of retina; ; ventricular zone; ; granulocyte; ; superior frontal gyrus; ; lip; ; muscle of thigh; ; dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell; ; primary visual cortex; ; yolk sac; ; genital tubercle;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	sequence-specific DNA binding; DNA binding; protein dimerization activity; protein homodimerization activity; DNA-binding transcription factor activity; bHLH transcription factor binding; protein binding; protein heterodimerization activity; transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II distal enhancer sequence-specific binding; DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific;
Cellular component	intracellular membrane-bounded organelle; nucleus; nucleoplasm;
Biological process	regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter by glucose; regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; late viral transcription; transcription by RNA polymerase II; transcription, DNA-templated; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter by glucose; lipid homeostasis; lactation; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	7392
	22282
	ENSG00000105698
	ENSMUSG00000058239
	Q15853
	Q64705
	NM_003367; NM_207291; NM_001321150
	NM_011680
	NP_001308079; NP_003358; NP_997174
	NP_035810
	Wikidata
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Upstream stimulatory factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the USF2 gene.