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Em Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Em
  • Name
    Emory cataract
  • Feature Type
    heritable phenotypic marker
  • IDs
    MGI:95319
    NCBI Gene: 104017
  • Alliance
    gene page
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Genome coordinates not available from the current reference assembly.
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome Unknown
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    1 phenotype from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    13 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Mice carrying this phenotypic allele exhibit cataracts at 6 to 8 months of age.
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-9362
References
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  • Summaries
    All 16
    Phenotypes 13
  • Earliest
    J:6825 Kuck JF, et al., The Emory mouse cataract: an animal model for human senile cataract. Curr Eye Res. 1981-82;1(11):643-9
  • Latest
    J:335550 Bennett TM, et al., Whole-exome sequencing prioritizes candidate genes for hereditary cataract in the Emory mouse mutant. G3 (Bethesda). 2023 May 2;13(5)
Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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