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Symbol
Name
ID
Twist1
twist basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor 1
MGI:98872
Phenotype annotations related to limbs/digits/tail
Darker colors indicate more annotations
Human Phenotypes
Genu valgum
Partial duplication of the distal phalanx of the 2nd finger
Partial duplication of the distal phalanx of the 3rd finger
Clinodactyly of the 5th finger
Postaxial hand polydactyly
Short distal phalanx of finger
Shortening of all distal phalanges of the fingers
Broad distal phalanx of the thumb
Cone-shaped epiphyses of the phalanges of the hand
Shortening of all middle phalanges of the fingers
Broad thumb
Preaxial hand polydactyly
Triphalangeal thumb
Long fingers
Arachnodactyly
Duplication of the distal phalanx of the hallux
Broad hallux
Broad distal hallux
Hallux valgus
Cone-shaped epiphyses of the toes
Toe syndactyly
2-5 toe syndactyly
Brachydactyly
Syndactyly
Cutaneous syndactyly
Cutaneous finger syndactyly
2-5 finger cutaneous syndactyly
Finger syndactyly
2-4 finger syndactyly
Absent first metatarsal
Metatarsus adductus
Metaphyseal widening
Dislocated radial head
Humeroradial synostosis
Radioulnar synostosis
Proximal radio-ulnar synostosis
Pes planus
Talipes equinovarus
Bilateral talipes equinovarus
Genu recurvatum
Carpal bone malsegmentation
Synostosis of carpal bones
Single transverse palmar crease
Bilateral single transverse palmar creases
Joint contracture of the hand
Limited elbow movement
Rhizomelic arm shortening
Disease(s) Associated with TWIST1
acrocephalosyndactylia
craniosynostosis
Saethre-Chotzen syndrome
Sweeney-Cox syndrome

Mouse Phenotypes
abnormal limb morphology
abnormal autopod morphology
abnormal digit morphology
polydactyly
abnormal forelimb morphology
abnormal limb bone morphology
short limbs
Availability Mouse Genotype
Twist1Ska10/Twist1Ska10
Twist1tm1Bhr/Twist1tm1Bhr
Twist1em1(IMPC)Rbrc/Twist1+
Twist1Pas/Twist1+
Twist1Pde/Twist1+
Twist1Ska10/Twist1+
Twist1tm1Bhr/Twist1+
Twist1tm1Bhr/Twist1tm2.1Bhr
Twist1tm1Bhr/Twist1tm2Bhr
Tg(CAG-cat,-Twist1)1Dbsp/0
Tg(Col2a1-cre)1Bhr/0  (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
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory