Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables promoter-specific chromatin binding activity. Involved in negative regulation of angiogenesis; negative regulation of blood vessel endothelial cell migration; and negative regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation of STAT protein. Acts upstream of or within centrosome cycle and regulation of cell cycle. Located in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; embryo mesenchyme; heart; hindlimb; and sensory organ. Used to study systemic lupus erythematosus. Orthologous to human GADD45A (growth arrest and DNA damage inducible alpha).