NKX6-1
LOCUS ID4825
GENE_SYMBOLNKX6-1
GENE NAMENK6 homeobox 1
SYNONYMNSNKX6A,NKX6.1
CHROMOSOME4
HOMOLOGENE ID4495
GENE SUMMARY
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 Iype et al. (2004) [PubMed 15056733].[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]