Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable mRNA binding activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cerebellar neuron development; regulation of cell growth; and tissue homeostasis. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Is expressed in central nervous system; early conceptus; ovary; and retina. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 12. Orthologous to human NANOS1 (nanos C2HC-type zinc finger 1).