Foxl1 forkhead box L1 [Mus musculus (house mouse)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: Foxl1provided by MGI
Official Full Name: forkhead box L1provided by MGI
Primary source: MGI:MGI:1347469
See related: Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000097084 AllianceGenome:MGI:1347469
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Mus musculus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as: Fkh6; fkh-6; FREAC7
Summary: Enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including Peyer's patch morphogenesis; proteoglycan biosynthetic process; and visceral mesoderm-endoderm interaction involved in midgut development. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; heart; sensory organ; and urinary system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in otosclerosis 11. Orthologous to human FOXL1 (forkhead box L1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Orthologs: all
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Genomic context

Location:: 8 E1; 8 70.34 cM

Exon count:: 1

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27)	8	NC_000074.7 (121854572..121857383)
108.20200622	previous assembly	GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26)	8	NC_000074.6 (121127685..121130644)

Chromosome 8 - NC_000074.7 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

SALL4 associated with the NuRD co-repressor and repressed expression of the tumor suppressor genes Foxl1 and Dusp4.
Title: Germline Stem Cell Activity Is Sustained by SALL4-Dependent Silencing of Distinct Tumor Suppressor Genes.
Foxl1(+) hepatic progenitor cells and/or their descendants are required for the development of cholangiocytes and hepatocytes in liver injury models.
Title: Ablation of Foxl1-Cre-labeled hepatic progenitor cells and their descendants impairs recovery of mice from liver injury.
promotes liver repair after bile-duct-ligation-induced liver injury through activation of the canonical wnt/beta-catenin pathway
Title: Foxl1 promotes liver repair following cholestatic injury in mice.
Foxl1 is a bona fide marker of the facultative progenitor cell in the mouse liver.
Title: Foxl1 is a marker of bipotential hepatic progenitor cells in mice.
link between a mesenchymal factor, Foxl1, and the regulation of a specific epithelial transport process in intestinal epithelium
Title: Foxl1 null mice have abnormal intestinal epithelia, postnatal growth retardation, and defective intestinal glucose uptake.
Mesenchymal Modifier of Min, plays a key role in gastrointestinal tumorigenesis.
Title: Foxl1 is a mesenchymal Modifier of Min in carcinogenesis of stomach and colon.
Foxl1 might be involved in cellular responses of gut-associated lymphoid tissues dependent upon the Lymphotoxins/Lymphotoxin beta-receptor axis.
Title: Mesenchymal expression of Foxl1, a winged helix transcriptional factor, regulates generation and maintenance of gut-associated lymphoid organs.

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Variation

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Alleles

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

Endonuclease-mediated (4)
Targeted (3) 1 citation

Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

Foxl1 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:506903

Foxd4 (e-PCR), detects polymorphism
- UniSTS:143135

X92498 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:159828

NoName (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:491230

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables DNA binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables DNA binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info	PubMed
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed
enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables sequence-specific DNA binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables sequence-specific DNA binding	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within Peyer's patch morphogenesis	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in anatomical structure morphogenesis	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in cell differentiation	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in heart development	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in heart development	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within proteoglycan biosynthetic process	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in regulation of DNA-templated transcription	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within regulation of DNA-templated transcription	TAS Traceable Author Statement more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within regulation of Wnt signaling pathway	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
acts_upstream_of_or_within visceral mesoderm-endoderm interaction involved in midgut development	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in nucleus	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in nucleus	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in nucleus	ISO Inferred from Sequence Orthology more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: forkhead box protein L1

Names: forkhead homolog 6; forkhead-related protein FKHL11; transcription factor FKH-6

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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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.