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Hand1 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Hand1
  • Name
    heart and neural crest derivatives expressed 1
  • Synonyms
    bHLHa27, eHAND, Ehand1, Hxt, Th1, Thing1
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:103577
    NCBI Gene: 15110
  • Alliance
    genome feature page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    13 TSS
  • Regulated by
    Rr132 (1 regulatory region)
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr11:57719539-57722973 bp, - strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 11, 35.27 cM
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    93 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    19
  • RFLP
    2
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_103577
 protein coding gene Chr11:57719531-57723644 (-)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200034279
 protein coding gene Chr11:54716961-54721069 (-)
A/J ENSMUSG00195032184
 protein coding gene Chr11:54650991-54655101 (-)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220049829
 protein coding gene Chr11:54807469-54811575 (-)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180047806
 protein coding gene Chr11:54727514-54731620 (-)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175047511
 protein coding gene Chr11:54686079-54690187 (-)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215038847
 protein coding gene Chr11:54509430-54513549 (-)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0016382
 protein coding gene Chr11:52658065-52662147 (-)
CAST/EiJ ENSTCUG00005038876
 protein coding gene Chr11:54227443-54231556 (-)
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210030178
 protein coding gene Chr11:54537725-54541835 (-)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185036919
 protein coding gene Chr11:54722594-54726702 (-)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205050514
 protein coding gene Chr11:54590468-54594578 (-)
JF1/MsJ ENSUMUG00000017318
 protein coding gene Chr11:55072050-55076169 (-)
LP/J ENSMUSG00230045942
 protein coding gene Chr11:55923804-55927908 (-)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190050840
 protein coding gene Chr11:54776206-54780317 (-)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225032164
 protein coding gene Chr11:57944502-57948621 (-)
PWK/PhJ ENSLUMG00010027723
 protein coding gene Chr11:54521866-54525980 (-)
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010030061
 protein coding gene Chr11:55313067-55317182 (-)
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOG00005029106
 protein coding gene Chr11:54578620-54582728 (-)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    HAND1, heart and neural crest derivatives expressed 1
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    2
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    HAND1, heart and neural crest derivatives expressed 1
  • Synonyms
    bHLHa27, eHand, Hxt, Thing1
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 9421
    UniProt: O96004

  • Chr Location
    5q33.2; chr5:154474969-154478356 (-)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    1 with disease annotations
  • References
    1 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    115 phenotypes from 11 alleles in 12 genetic backgrounds
    24 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    38 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

Click cells to view annotations.
Homozygotes for targeted null mutations die at embryonic day 8.5-9.5 with yolk sac abnormalities associated with a deficiency of extraembryonic mesoderm and defective trophoblast differentiation. Tetraploid chimeric rescue slightly extends development.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    89
  • GO References
    21
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
    1510
  • Tissues
    473
  • cDNA Data
    83
  • Literature Summary
    282
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic 15110 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 3435 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript NM_008213 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 1898 ZRU/MplStud  
    polypeptide Q64279 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 216 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    • UniProt
      4 Sequences
    • Protein Ontology
      PR:000008439 heart- and neural crest derivatives-expressed protein 1
      (term hierarchy)
    • InterPro Domains
      IPR050283 E-box Binding Transcriptional Regulators
      IPR036638 Helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain superfamily
      IPR011598 Myc-type, basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain
    • GlyGen
      Q64279 1 site
    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 155
      Genomic 2
      cDNA 90
      Primer pair 29
      Other 34
      Antibodies 4

      Microarray probesets 5
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-24462, MGD-MRK-25634, MGI:104306
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 341
      Developmental Gene Expression 282
      Diseases 1
      Gene Ontology 21
      Phenotypes 38
    • Earliest
      J:137335 Roderick TH, Chromosomal inversions in studies of mammalian mutagenesis. Genetics. 1979 May;92(1 Pt 1 Suppl):s121-6
    • Latest
      J:379628 Yang X, et al., Integrated multi-omic atlas reveals the hierarchy of spatiotemporal regulatory networks of mouse gastrulation. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 12;17(1):1572
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    09/01/2026
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