VAX1

VAX1
Identifiers
Aliases	VAX1, MCOPS11, ventral anterior homeobox 1
External IDs	OMIM: 604294; MGI: 1277163; HomoloGene: 7593; GeneCards: VAX1; OMA:VAX1 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 10 (human)
End	117,138,301 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 19 (mouse)
End	59,158,488 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	testicle; ; caudate nucleus; ; nucleus accumbens; ; putamen; ; prefrontal cortex; ; gonad; ; Hypothalamus; ; Brodmann area 9; ; anterior cingulate cortex; ; superior frontal gyrus;
	Top expressed in
	Rostral migratory stream; ; medial ganglionic eminence; ; suprachiasmatic nucleus; ; optic stalk; ; nasal placode; ; embryo; ; lumbar subsegment of spinal cord; ; paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus; ; optic chiasm; ; embryo;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	DNA-binding transcription factor activity; DNA binding; sequence-specific DNA binding; chromatin DNA binding; DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; RNA polymerase II intronic transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding; DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific;
Cellular component	nucleus;
Biological process	axon guidance; skeletal muscle cell differentiation; multicellular organism development; roof of mouth development; camera-type eye development; central nervous system development; cell differentiation; brain development; neuron migration; negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; transcription, DNA-templated; nervous system development; negative regulation of neuroblast proliferation;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	11023
	22326
	ENSG00000148704
	ENSMUSG00000006270
	Q5SQQ9
	Q2NKI2
	NM_199131; NM_001112704
	NM_009501
	NP_001106175; NP_954582
	NP_033527
	Wikidata
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Ventral anterior homeobox 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VAX1 gene.