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Facts about Homeobox protein Nkx-2.3.
Required for homing of lymphocytes in spleen and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue. May have a role during pharyngeal organogenesis.
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Nkx2-3 |
| Uniprot: | P97334 |
| Entrez: | 18089 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| NK-2 homeobox family |

Homeobox protein Nkx-2.3
Mass (kDA):
38.09 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 19 C3|19 36.67 cM |
| Sequence: | 19; |
Expressed in spleen and intestine. Also expressed in salivary gland and tongue.

PMID: 9142493 by Pabst O., et al. The mouse Nkx2-3 homeodomain gene is expressed in gut mesenchyme during pre- and postnatal mouse development.
PMID: 10926756 by Wang C.-C., et al. Homeodomain factor Nkx2-3 controls regional expression of leukocyte homing coreceptor MAdCAM-1 in specialized endothelial cells of the viscera.