Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity. Involved in regulation of somitogenesis. Acts upstream of or within anterior/posterior pattern specification; bone morphogenesis; and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including early conceptus; embryo ectoderm; embryo mesenchyme; genitourinary system; and intestine. Orthologous to human CDX1 (caudal type homeobox 1).