Retinal homeobox protein Rx

RAX
Identifiers
Aliases	RAX, MCOP3, RX, retina and anterior neural fold homeobox
External IDs	OMIM: 601881; MGI: 109632; HomoloGene: 8383; GeneCards: RAX; OMA:RAX - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 18 (human)
End	59,274,086 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 18 (mouse)
End	66,072,858 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	anterior pituitary; ; retinal pigment epithelium; ; hippocampal formation; ; hippocampus proper; ; ventricular zone; ; zone of skin; ; skin of abdomen; ; skin of leg; ; renal cortex; ; nucleus of brain;
	Top expressed in
	optic vesicle; ; neural layer of retina; ; lens; ; iris; ; outer nuclear layer; ; ciliary body; ; embryo; ; embryo; ; retinal pigment epithelium; ; pharynx;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding; DNA binding; sequence-specific DNA binding; DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific;
Cellular component	nucleus;
Biological process	pattern specification process; multicellular organism development; camera-type eye development; brain development; regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; transcription by RNA polymerase II; transcription, DNA-templated; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; hypothalamus development; limb development; visual perception;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	30062
	19434
	ENSG00000134438
	ENSMUSG00000024518
	Q9Y2V3
	O35602
	NM_013435
	NM_013833
	NP_038463
	NP_038861
	Wikidata
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Retinal homeobox protein Rx also known as retina and anterior neural fold homeobox is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAX gene.^[5] The RAX gene is located on chromosome 18 in humans, mice, and rats.^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000134438 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000024518 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Entrez Gene: Retina and anterior neural fold homeobox".
^ Cite error: The named reference Muranishi_2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000134438 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000024518 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[entrez-5] "Entrez Gene: Retina and anterior neural fold homeobox".

[Muranishi_2012-6] Cite error: The named reference Muranishi_2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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