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Myo6 Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Myo6
myosin VI
MGI:104785


Nomenclature History
Genetic Map
Chromosome 9
44.0 cM
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM
 
Mapping data( 13)

Sequence Map
Chr9:80012838-80159536 bp, + strand
(From VEGA annotation of NCBI Build 37)
VEGA ContigView | Ensembl ContigView | UCSC Browser | NCBI Map Viewer

Mouse Genome Browser
Mammalian
homology
human; chimpanzee; cattle; dog, domestic; pig, domestic; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human Myo6 ± 2 cM)
Protein SuperFamily: myosin heavy chain 95F
TreeFam: TF351449
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic OTTMUSG00000017558 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 146699 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_001039546 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 7868 C57BL/6
polypeptide Q64331 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 1265 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(31)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(11) : Gene trapped(6) Spontaneous(3) Chemically induced(2)
Homozygous mutant mice exhibit deafness and related behavioral characteristics such as circling, head tossing and hyperactivity. Progressive degeneration of the cochlear hair cells and the organ of Corti is observed with one mutation.
Associated Human Diseases (2)   Alleles Annotated to Human Diseases (1)  
Polymorphisms All PCR and RFLP(11) : PCR(8) RFLP(3) SNPs within 2kb(1224 from dbSNP Build 128)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications(42)
Process auditory receptor cell differentiation, dendrite development...
Component axon, cell projection...
Function actin binding, actin filament binding...
This is a GO Consortium Reference Genome Project gene.
External Resources: MouseFunc
Expression Literature Summary: (24 records)
Data Summary: Assays (3)    Results (23)    Tissues (11)    Images (7)
Theiler Stages: 19,21,22,23,24,26,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      RT-PCR 1   4
      Immunohistochemistry 2   19
cDNA source data(94)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GEO 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(109) Genomic(4) cDNA(96) Primer pair(6) Other(3) Antibodies(2)
Microarray probesets(2)
Other database
links
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000033577
DoTS DT.525046, DT.91447711, DT.94257737
UniGene 4040
DFCI TC1580497, TC1633683, TC1652580, TC1709694, TC1711194
NIA Mouse Gene Index U043014
Entrez Gene 17920
VEGA Gene Model OTTMUSG00000017558
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Myo6
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR000048 IQ calmodulin-binding region
IPR001609 Myosin head, motor domain
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:26341 Dickie MM, "New mutant - achondroplasia - cn" Mouse News Lett 1960;23():34
(Latest) J:153972 Roux I et al., "Myosin VI is required for the proper maturation and function of inner hair cell ribbon synapses." Hum Mol Genet 2009 Dec 1;18(23):4615-28
All references(65)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-14657, MGD-MRK-28077, MGI:2670991

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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last database update
11/20/2009
MGI_4.31
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