Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables chromatin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor and cellular response to retinoic acid. Located in nuclear body. Part of sex chromatin. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; hemolymphoid system; and sensory organ. Used to study tetralogy of Fallot. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in primary autosomal recessive microcephaly 11. Orthologous to human PHC1 (polyhomeotic homolog 1).