Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables chromatin binding activity and miRNA binding activity. Involved in several processes, including apoptotic process involved in development; gene expression; and osteoblast proliferation. Acts upstream of or within genomic imprinting and negative regulation of gene expression via CpG island methylation. Is expressed in embryo; extraembryonic component; placenta; and trophectoderm. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Orthologous to human KCNQ1OT1 (KCNQ1 opposite strand/antisense transcript 1).