Species Human Entrez 2001 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000135374 | |
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Aliases ELF5, ESE2, E74 like ETS transcription factor 5 External IDs HomoloGene: 7702 GeneCards: ELF5 | ||
E74-like factor 5 (ets domain transcription factor), is a gene found in both mice and humans. In humans it is also called ESE2.
Function
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of an epithelium-specific subclass of the Ets transcritpion factor family. In addition to its role in regulating the later stages of terminal differentiation of keratinocytes, it appears to regulate a number of epithelium-specific genes found in tissues containing glandular epithelium such as salivary gland and prostate. It has very low affinity to DNA due to its negative regulatory domain at the amino terminus. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene.
References
ELF5 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA