Hti Gene Detail

Summary

• Symbol
  Hti
• Name
  histidine decarboxylase thyroxin inducibility

• Feature Type
  heritable phenotypic marker
• IDs
  MGI:96271
• Alliance
  gene page

Location &
Maps

• Sequence Map
  Genome coordinates not available from the current reference assembly.

• Genetic Map
  Chromosome Unknown

Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes

Thyroid hormone induces histidine decarboxylase activity in kidney. Strains vary in inducibility of HDC depending on alleles at the Hti gene. Enzyme activity change is due to concentration, with low inducibility strains producing less of the enzyme.

Other
Accession IDs

MGD-MRK-10996

References

• Summaries
  All 1
• Earliest
  J:13957 Martin SAM, et al., Induction of histidine decarboxylase by thyroxine. Mouse News Lett. 1984;70:75