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Amelx Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Amelx
amelogenin X chromosome
MGI:88005


Nomenclature History
Synonyms Amel, Amg
Genetic Map
Chromosome X
73.0 cM
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM
 
Mapping data( 47)

Sequence Map
ChrX:165614046-165625132 bp, - strand
(From VEGA annotation of NCBI Build 37)
VEGA ContigView | Ensembl ContigView | UCSC Browser | NCBI Map Viewer

Mouse Genome Browser
Mammalian
homology
human; chimpanzee; cattle; platypus; rat; wallaby, tammar    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human Amelx ± 2 cM)
Protein SuperFamily: amelogenin
TreeFam: TF337092
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic OTTMUSG00000019595 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 11087 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_001081978 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 828 -
polypeptide P63277 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 210 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(30)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(3) : Targeted, knock-out(1) Targeted, other(2)
Homozygous mutation of this gene results in brittle teeth and reduced enamel thickness.
Associated Human Diseases (1)   Alleles Annotated to Human Diseases (1)   Phenotype Images (5)  
Polymorphisms All PCR and RFLP(10) : PCR(1) RFLP(9) SNPs within 2kb(63 from dbSNP Build 128)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications: (15 annotations)
Process biomineral formation, cell adhesion...
Component basement membrane, extracellular region...
Function cell surface binding, growth factor activity...
External Resources: FuncBase
Expression Literature Summary: (28 records)
Data Summary: Assays (7)    Results (22)    Tissues (17)    Images (3)
Theiler Stages: 21,22,23,24,25,26,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      RT-PCR 4   14
      Immunohistochemistry 1   3
      Northern blot 2   5
cDNA source data(49)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GEO  ArrayExpress 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(75) Genomic(18) cDNA(50) Primer pair(6) Other(1) Antibodies(1)
Microarray probesets(3)
Other database
links
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000031354
DoTS DT.101408653, DT.87068423, DT.87068424
Consensus CDS Project CCDS41213.1, CCDS41214.1
UniGene 391342
DFCI TC1585078, TC1592975, TC1593326, TC1660874
NIA Mouse Gene Index U039885
Entrez Gene 11704
VEGA Gene Model OTTMUSG00000019595
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Amelx
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR004116 Amelogenin
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:20261 Snead ML et al., "DNA sequence for cloned cDNA for murine amelogenin reveal the amino acid sequence for enamel-specific protein." Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1985 Jun 28;129(3):812-8
(Latest) J:152420 Denaxa M et al., "The LIM homeodomain transcription factors Lhx6 and Lhx7 are key regulators of mammalian dentition." Dev Biol 2009 Sep 15;333(2):324-36
All references(104)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-1295, MGD-MRK-1296

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
02/06/2010
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