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Symbol
Name
ID
Pomc
pro-opiomelanocortin-alpha
MGI:97742
Phenotype annotations related to growth/size/body
*Aspects of the system are reported to show a normal phenotype.
Darker colors indicate more annotations
Human Phenotypes
Splenomegaly
Ascites
Hepatomegaly
Peritonitis
Increased waist to hip ratio
Obesity
Disease(s) Associated with POMC
familial mediterranean fever
obesity

Mouse Phenotypes
increased body fat mass
growth/size/body region phenotype
increased lean body mass
increased body weight
obese
increased body length
abnormal body weight
increased susceptibility to weight gain
increased susceptibility to diet-induced obesity
increased liver weight
enlarged spleen
Availability Mouse Genotype
Pomctm1.1Kgm/Pomctm1.1Kgm
Pomctm1Low/Pomctm1Low
Pomctm1Low/Pomctm1Low
Tg(Pomc)#Low/0
Pomctm1Low/Pomctm1Low
Tg(Pomc)#Low/Tg(Pomc)#Low
Pomctm1Sora/Pomctm1Sora
Pomctm2.1Low/Pomctm2.1Low *
Pomctm2Low/Pomctm2Low
Pomctm2Ute/Pomctm2Ute
Pomcem1(IMPC)Rbrc/Pomc+
Pomctm1Sora/Pomc+
Pomctm2Ute/Pomc+ *
Tg(Pomc)#Low/0 *
Pomctm2Low/Pomctm2Low
Tg(CAG-cre/Esr1*)5Amc/0  (conditional)

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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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last database update
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory