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Hfm Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Hfm
  • Name
    hemifacial microsomia-associated locus
  • Feature Type
    heritable phenotypic marker
  • IDs
    MGI:105953
    NCBI Gene: 107693
  • Alliance
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Genome coordinates not available from the current reference assembly.
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 10, cytoband B1-3
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with Hfm mouse models

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
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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
    6 phenotypes from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    3 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

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Mice heterozygous for an autosomal dominant insertional mutation that disrupts this locus exhibit hemifacial microsomia, including microtia, low set ear and abnormal bite, probably due to hypoplasia of the second branchial arch. Homozygotes die during the prenatal period.
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-33632
References
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  • Summaries
    All 4
    Diseases 1
    Phenotypes 3
  • Earliest
    J:77548 Kimura M, et al., Restoration of myelin formation by a single type of myelin basic protein in transgenic shiverer mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Jul;86(14):5661-5
  • Latest
    J:21097 Naora H, et al., Transgenic mouse model of hemifacial microsomia: cloning and characterization of insertional mutation region on chromosome 10. Genomics. 1994 Oct;23(3):515-9

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last database update
04/09/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory