SHOX2
Developmental stage
Expressed during cranofacial development as well as in heart.
Function
May be a growth regulator and have a role in specifying neural systems involved in processing somatosensory information, as well as in face and body structure formation.
Sequence Similarities
Belongs to the paired homeobox family. Bicoid subfamily.
Tissue Specificity
Expressed in heart, skeletal muscle, liver, lung, bone marrow fibroblast, pancreas and placenta.
Cellular localization
- Nucleus
Alternative names
OG12X, SHOT, SHOX2, Short stature homeobox protein 2, Homeobox protein Og12X, Paired-related homeobox protein SHOT