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Cat4 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Cat4
  • Name
    dominant cataract 4
  • Synonyms
    anterior pyramidal cataract, Apc-1, Apcat1, Apcat-1, Apyc, Pcs-2, polar cataract and small eye 2
  • Feature Type
    heritable phenotypic marker
  • IDs
    MGI:88040
    NCBI Gene: 109738
  • Alliance
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Genome coordinates not available from the current reference assembly.
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 8, Syntenic
  • Mapping Data
    1 experiment
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with Cat4 mouse models

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    3 with disease annotations
  • References
    3 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    10 phenotypes from 3 alleles in 1 genetic background
    4 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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Homozygotes and heterozygous mutants display eye defects with some or all of: anterior lens opacity with polar adhesions, corneal opacity, anscoria, iris dysplasia, and microphthalmia. For some alleles, homozygotes show anophthalmia or embryonic lethality.
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-1318, MGD-MRK-13189, MGD-MRK-1348, MGD-MRK-1349, MGD-MRK-1350, MGD-MRK-1383
References
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  • Summaries
    All 7
    Diseases 3
    Phenotypes 4
  • Earliest
    J:6686 Kratochvilova J, Dominant cataract mutations detected in offspring of gamma-irradiated male mice. J Hered. 1981 Sep-Oct;72(5):302-7
  • Latest
    J:49424 Grimes PA, et al., Abnormal eye development associated with Cat4a, a dominant mouse cataract mutation on chromosome 8. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1998 Sep;39(10):1863-9

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last database update
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory