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Arx aristaless related homeobox [ Mus musculus (house mouse) ]

Gene ID: 11878, updated on 24-Sep-2025
Official Symbol
Arxprovided by MGI
Official Full Name
aristaless related homeoboxprovided by MGI
Primary source
MGI:MGI:1097716
See related
Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000035277 AllianceGenome:MGI:1097716
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Mus musculus
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as
Arx1
Summary
This gene encodes a transcription factor that plays an important role in the development of forebrain. Male mice lacking this gene have smaller brains, olfactory bulbs and testes, and die within half a day after birth. Mice lacking this gene specifically in ganglionic eminence-derived neurons, including cortical interneurons, develop seizures. Mutations in this gene have been demonstrated to cause mouse phenotypes resembling human X-linked lissencephaly and cognitive disability with epilepsy. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2015]
Expression
Biased expression in whole brain E14.5 (RPKM 21.2), ovary adult (RPKM 21.1) and 6 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Location:
X C3; X 41.05 cM
Exon count:
5
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_02 current GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27) X NC_000086.8 (92330113..92341963)
108.20200622 previous assembly GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26) X NC_000086.7 (93286507..93298357)

Chromosome X - NC_000086.8Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene cDNA sequence BC061195 Neighboring gene predicted gene, 23454 Neighboring gene polymerase (DNA directed), alpha 1 Neighboring gene predicted gene, 35587 Neighboring gene valyl-tRNA synthetase pseudogene

  • Project title: Mouse ENCODE transcriptome data
  • Description: RNA profiling data sets generated by the Mouse ENCODE project.
  • BioProject: PRJNA66167
  • Publication: PMID 25409824
  • Analysis date: n/a

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Alleles

Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics  (MGI)

Markers

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables DNA binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific ISO
Inferred from Sequence Orthology
more info
 
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific ISO
Inferred from Sequence Orthology
more info
PubMed 
enables DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific ISO
Inferred from Sequence Orthology
more info
 
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding ISO
Inferred from Sequence Orthology
more info
 
enables RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables chromatin binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding ISO
Inferred from Sequence Orthology
more info
 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within axon guidance IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in cell differentiation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
acts_upstream_of_or_within cell proliferation in forebrain IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within cerebral cortex GABAergic interneuron migration IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within cerebral cortex tangential migration IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within embryonic olfactory bulb interneuron precursor migration IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within epithelial cell fate commitment IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within forebrain development IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within globus pallidus development IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within interneuron migration IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within lipid digestion IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II ISO
Inferred from Sequence Orthology
more info
 
involved_in nervous system development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in neuron development IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in neuron development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
acts_upstream_of_or_within neuron fate commitment IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within neuron migration IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within olfactory bulb development IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of gene expression IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within positive regulation of organ growth IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II ISO
Inferred from Sequence Orthology
more info
 
involved_in regulation of DNA-templated transcription IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
acts_upstream_of_or_within regulation of epithelial cell proliferation IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
is_active_in nucleus IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in nucleus IC
Inferred by Curator
more info
PubMed 
located_in nucleus IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in nucleus ISO
Inferred from Sequence Orthology
more info
 
Preferred Names
homeobox protein ARX

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001305940.1NP_001292869.1  homeobox protein ARX

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001292869.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (2) differs in the 5' UTR compared to variant 1. Both variants 1 and 2 encode the same protein.
    Source sequence(s)
    BC052033, CJ045476, CJ049350
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS30271.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A2A4G9, O35085, Q9QYT4
    Related
    ENSMUSP00000109580.3, ENSMUST00000113947.6
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam00046
    Location:334386
    Homeobox; Homeobox domain
    pfam03826
    Location:528545
    OAR; OAR domain
  2. NM_007492.4NP_031518.2  homeobox protein ARX

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_031518.2

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (1) represents the longer transcript. Both variants 1 and 2 encode the same protein.
    Source sequence(s)
    BC052033, CJ045476
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS30271.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A2A4G9, O35085, Q9QYT4
    Related
    ENSMUSP00000049039.8, ENSMUST00000046565.13
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    pfam00046
    Location:334386
    Homeobox; Homeobox domain
    pfam03826
    Location:528545
    OAR; OAR domain

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001635.27-RS_2024_02

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

Genomic

  1. NC_000086.8 Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

    Range
    92330113..92341963
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)