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H2afx Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
H2afx
H2A histone family, member X
MGI:102688


Nomenclature History
Synonyms H2A.X, H2ax, Hist5-2ax
Genetic Map
Chromosome 9
26.0 cM
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM
 
Mapping data( 6)

Sequence Map
Chr9:44142798-44144154 bp, + strand
(From Ensembl annotation of NCBI Build 37)
Ensembl ContigView | UCSC Browser | NCBI Map Viewer

Mouse Genome Browser
Mammalian
homology
human; dog, domestic; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human H2afx ± 2 cM)
Protein SuperFamily: histone H2A
TreeFam: TF300137
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic ENSMUSG00000049932 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 1357 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_010436 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 1414 FVB/N
polypeptide P27661 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 143 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(15)
Phenotypes All phenotypic alleles(2) : Targeted, knock-out(2)
Homozygous null mice are smaller and display increased susceptibility to ionizing radiation, male infertility, T and B cell abnormalities, and increased genomic instability.
Polymorphisms SNPs within 2kb(45 from dbSNP Build 128)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
Process cell cycle, DNA recombination...
Component chromatin, chromosome...
Function damaged DNA binding, DNA binding...
All GO classifications(22)
Expression Literature Summary: (16 records)
Data Summary: Assays (2)    Results (27)    Tissues (23)    Images (25)
Theiler Stages: 20,21,22,23,24,26,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      RNA in situ 1   14
      Immunohistochemistry 1   13
cDNA source data(89)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GEO 
Other database
links
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000049932
DoTS DT.101180324, DT.55282168
UniGene 245931
DFCI TC1575099
NIA Mouse Gene Index U010382
Entrez Gene 15270
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR002119 Histone H2A
IPR007125 Histone core
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(95) Genomic(3) cDNA(92) Antibodies(1)
References
(Earliest) J:11221 Nagata T et al., "Polyadenylated and 3' processed mRNAs are transcribed from the mouse histone H2A.X gene." Nucleic Acids Res 1991 May 11;19(9):2441-7
(Latest) J:142245 Lin Y et al., "Germ cell-intrinsic and -extrinsic factors govern meiotic initiation in mouse embryos." Science 2008 Dec 12;322(5908):1685-7
All references(53)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-19571, MGD-MRK-19591, MGI:2143303

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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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last database update
01/08/2009
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