Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Acts upstream of or within cell differentiation involved in salivary gland development; hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation; and negative regulation of inflammatory response. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Is expressed in sublingual gland; sublingual gland epithelium; and submandibular duct. Used to study Sjogren's syndrome. Orthologous to human MUC19 (mucin 19, oligomeric).