Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Acts upstream of or within response to bacterium; response to oxygen levels; and sensory perception of sound. Is expressed in Meckel's cartilage; axial skeleton; brain; limb long bone; and pelvic girdle skeleton. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lung squamous cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human MIR497 (microRNA 497).