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Pax6
Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Pax6
paired box gene 6
MGI:97490
Synonyms 1500038E17Rik, AEY11, Dey, Dickie's small eye, Gsfaey11, Pax-6
Feature Type protein coding gene
Genetic Map
Chromosome 2
55.31 cM
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM


Mapping data(33)
Sequence Map
Chr2:105668896-105703160 bp, + strand
From VEGA annotation of GRCm38

  34265 bp   ±  kb flank

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Mouse Genome Browser
Mammalian
homology
human; rat; cattle    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human Pax6 ± 2 cM)

Protein SuperFamily: paired box protein PAX
Gene Tree: Pax6

Human
ortholog
PAX6 paired box 6 NCBI Gene ID 5080
Human Synonyms: AN, AN2, D11S812E, MGDA, WAGR
Human Chr11:31806340-31839509 bp, - strand Reference GRCh37.p2 Primary Assembly
Human Diseases Associated with Human PAX6 (8)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(46) : Targeted(9) Gene trapped(7) Spontaneous(2) Chemically induced(26) Radiation induced(5)
 
Null and hypomorphic mutants show a range of phenotypes from viable with small eyes and lens/cornea fusion to microphthalmia and cataract to embryonic or perinatal lethality with anophthalmia and severe craniofacial and forebrain defects.
 
Human Diseases Modeled Using Mouse Pax6 (5)    Alleles Annotated to Human Diseases(10)    Phenotype Images(8)
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications: (112 annotations)
Process anterior/posterior pattern specification, astrocyte differentiation, ...
Component cytoplasm, intracellular, ...
Function AT DNA binding, co-SMAD binding, ...
External Resources: FuncBase
Expression Literature Summary: (869 records)
Data Summary: Results (1609)    Tissues (518)    Images (510)
Theiler Stages: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28
Assay TypeResults
Immunohistochemistry 151
RNA in situ 1256
In situ reporter (knock in) 16
Northern blot 35
Western blot 5
RT-PCR 115
RNase protection 31
cDNA source data(42)
External Resources: Allen Institute   GENSAT   GEO   ArrayExpress
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(88) Genomic(15) cDNA(51) Primer pair(21) Other(1)
Microarray probesets(8)
Other database
links
VEGA Gene ModelOTTMUSG00000015006 (Evidence)
Ensembl Gene ModelENSMUSG00000027168 (Evidence)
Entrez Gene18508 (Evidence)
DFCITC1580284, TC1587626, TC1595471, TC1619255, TC1633796, TC1635055, TC1637333, TC1714267, TC1718931
Consensus CDS ProjectCCDS16499.1, CCDS57181.1
International Mouse Knockout Project StatusPax6
Sequences
Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic OTTMUSG00000015006 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 34265 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript OTTMUST00000035640 VEGA | MGI Sequence Detail 8401 Not Applicable 
polypeptide OTTMUSP00000015972 VEGA | MGI Sequence Detail 436 Not Applicable 

For the selected sequences
All sequences(169) RefSeq(10) UniProt(19)
Polymorphisms All PCR and RFLP(2) : PCR(1) RFLP(1) SNPs(38 from dbSNP Build 128)
Protein-related
information
ResourceIDDescription
InterPro IPR017970 Homeobox, conserved site
InterPro IPR001356 Homeodomain
InterPro IPR009057 Homeodomain-like
InterPro IPR001523 Paired domain
InterPro IPR011991 Winged helix-turn-helix transcription repressor DNA-binding
Protein Ontology PR:000012318 paired box protein Pax-6
References (Earliest) J:12101 Roberts RC, Small-eyes, a new dominant mutant in the mouse. Genet Res. 1967;9:121-122
(Latest) J:194044 Walcher T, et al., Functional dissection of the paired domain of Pax6 reveals molecular mechanisms of coordinating neurogenesis and proliferation. Development. 2013 Mar;140(5):1123-36
All references(1114)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-13149, MGD-MRK-13158, MGD-MRK-14366, MGD-MRK-8831, MGI:2442292, MGI:3529952

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
04/03/2013
MGI 5.12
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