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Dux Complex/Cluster/Region Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Dux
  • Name
    double homeobox
  • Synonyms
    D4Z4, Duxbl, EG664783
  • Feature Type
    complex/cluster/region
  • IDs
    MGI:3703875
    NCBI Gene: 664783
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Genome coordinates not available from the current reference assembly.
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 10, Syntenic
  • Mapping Data
    3 experiments
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    8 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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Homozygous deletion of the macrosatellite repeat region results in pre- and post-implantation developmental defects, alterations in the first few embryonic cell divisions, and perinatal lethality in a subset of embryos derived from homozygous crosses.
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
    33
  • Tissues
    17
  • Literature Summary
    9
  • Other Mouse Links
    GEO
Sequences &
Gene Models
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  • All Sequences
    8
  • RefSeq
    2
  • UniProt
    1
Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic AM398149 GenBank | ENA | DDBJ | MGI Sequence Detail 4899 C57BL/6 ±  kb
transcript NM_001081954 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 2025 C57BL/6  
polypeptide NP_001075423 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 674 C57BL/6  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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  • UniProt
    1 Sequence
  • InterPro Domains
    IPR001356 Homeobox domain
    IPR051306 Homeobox domain-containing regulator
    IPR009057 Homeobox-like domain superfamily
Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 13
    cDNA 1
    Primer pair 12
    Antibodies 1

    Microarray probesets 2
Other
Accession IDs
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MGI:3704116
References
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  • Summaries
    All 35
    Developmental Gene Expression 9
    Phenotypes 3
  • Earliest
    J:126165 Clapp J, et al., Evolutionary conservation of a coding function for D4Z4, the tandem DNA repeat mutated in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Aug;81(2):264-79
  • Latest
    J:369172 Wang YF, et al., Echs1-mediated histone crotonylation facilitates zygotic genome activation and expression of repetitive elements in early mammalian embryos. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 1;16(1):5630
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