Species Human Entrez 4825 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000163623 | |
Aliases NKX6-1, NKX6.1, NKX6A, NKX6-1, NK6 homeobox 1 External IDs MGI: 1206039 HomoloGene: 4495 GeneCards: NKX6-1 | ||
Homeobox protein Nkx-6.1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NKX6-1 gene.
Function
In the pancreas, NKX6.1 is required for the development of beta cells and is a potent bifunctional transcription regulator that binds to AT-rich sequences within the promoter region of target genes.
References
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