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Symbol
Name
ID
Otx2
orthodenticle homeobox 2
MGI:97451
Phenotype annotations related to nervous system
*Aspects of the system are reported to show a normal phenotype.
Darker colors indicate more annotations
Human Phenotypes
Decreased response to growth hormone stimulation test
Ectopic posterior pituitary
Anterior pituitary hypoplasia
Ectopic anterior pituitary gland
Hypopituitarism
Abnormal prolactin level
Pituitary hypothyroidism
Optic nerve hypoplasia
Global developmental delay
Seizure
Disease(s) Associated with OTX2
panhypopituitarism
syndromic microphthalmia 5

Mouse Phenotypes
nervous system phenotype
intracranial hemorrhage
decreased susceptibility to dopaminergic neuron neurotoxicity
increased susceptibility to dopaminergic neuron neurotoxicity
abnormal neuron differentiation
abnormal neuronal precursor proliferation
abnormal vomeronasal organ morphology
absent vomeronasal organ
abnormal neural tube morphology
abnormal embryonic neuroepithelium morphology
decreased embryonic neuroepithelium thickness
open neural tube
abnormal adenohypophysis morphology
abnormal gonadotroph morphology
decreased gonadotroph cell number
abnormal ciliary ganglion morphology
abnormal brain development
abnormal forebrain development
absent embryonic telencephalon
abnormal hindbrain development
abnormal midbrain development
abnormal midbrain-hindbrain boundary morphology
ethmocephaly
decreased forebrain size
forebrain hypoplasia
decreased midbrain size
midbrain hypoplasia
absent choroid plexus
abnormal third ventricle morphology
abnormal midbrain morphology
abnormal inferior colliculus morphology
decreased inferior colliculus size
small tectum
abnormal tegmentum morphology
abnormal trigeminal V mesencephalic nucleus morphology
absent midbrain
abnormal forebrain morphology
abnormal diencephalon morphology
absent diencephalon
abnormal cerebral cortex morphology
absent olfactory bulb
absent forebrain
abnormal hindbrain morphology
abnormal metencephalon morphology
absent metencephalon
abnormal nervous system development
anencephaly
exencephaly
decreased dopaminergic neuron number
loss of dopaminergic neurons
decreased retina ganglion cell number
decreased retina photoreceptor cell number
decreased retina cone cell number
abnormal retina bipolar cell morphology
abnormal retina horizontal cell morphology
abnormal oculomotor nerve morphology
abnormal optic nerve morphology
abnormal trigeminal nerve morphology
abnormal trochlear nerve morphology
Availability Mouse Genotype
Otx2tm1Pas/Otx2tm1Pas
Otx2tm1Sia/Otx2tm1Sia
Otx2tm1Sla/Otx2tm1Sla
Otx2tm2Asim/Otx2tm2Asim
Otx2tm3Tlam/Otx2tm3Tlam
Otx2tm5Sia/Otx2tm5Sia *
Otx2tm6Sia/Otx2tm6Sia *
Otx2tm7Sia/Otx2tm7Sia *
Otx2tm8.2Sia/Otx2tm8.2Sia
Otx2tm9Asim/Otx2tm9Asim
Otx2tm9Sia/Otx2tm9Sia
Otx2tm10Asim/Otx2tm10Asim
Otx2tm10Sia/Otx2tm10Sia
Otx2tm12.1Asim/Otx2tm12.1Asim *
Otx2tm1Pas/Otx2+
Otx2tm1Pas/Otx2tm2Asim
Otx2tm1Sia/Otx2+
Otx2tm1Sia/Otx2tm4Sia
Otx2tm1Sia/Otx2tm5Sia
Otx2tm1Sia/Otx2tm6Sia
Otx2tm1Sia/Otx2tm9Sia
Otx2tm1Sia/Otx2tm10Sia
Otx2tm1Sla/Otx2+
Otx2tm1Sla/Otx2tm2Sla
Otx2tm2.1Imat/Otx2tm7Sia
Otx2tm9Asim/Otx2tm11Asim
Otx2tm11Asim/Otx2+
Otx2tm12.1Asim/Otx2+
Otx2tm12.1Asim/Otx2tm11Asim
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1.1(Otx2)Daac/Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1.1(Otx2)Daac
Slc6a3tm1.1(cre)Bkmn/Slc6a3+  (conditional)
Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1.1(Otx2)Daac/Gt(ROSA)26Sor+
Slc6a3tm1.1(cre)Bkmn/Slc6a3+  (conditional)
H2az2Tg(Wnt1-cre)11Rth/H2az2+
Tg(CAG-Otx2,-EGFP)1Eno/?  (conditional)
Otx1tm4(cre)Asim/Otx1+
Otx2tm6Asim/Otx2tm6.1Asim  (conditional)
Otx2tm1.1Tlam/Otx2tm2(cre/ERT2)Tlam  (conditional)
Otx2tm6Asim/Otx2tm11Asim
Slc6a3tm1.1(cre)Bkmn/Slc6a3+  (conditional)

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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
04/23/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory