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Facts about Transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 8.
Plays a role in the differentiation of preadipocyte fibroblasts to adipocytes, however does not seem to play a role in differentiation of myoblasts. Required for the integration of TAF10 from the TAF complex (By similarity).
| Mouse | |
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| Gene Name: | Taf8 |
| Uniprot: | Q9EQH4 |
| Entrez: | 63856 |

| Belongs to: |
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| TAF8 family |

45/50kDa; FLJ32821; II; Protein taube nuss; RNA polymerase II, 43 kD; TAF(II)43,43; TAF8 RNA polymerase II, TATA box binding protein (TBP)-associated factor, 43kDa; TATA box binding protein (TBP)-associated factor, RNA polymerase II, A; taube nuss homolog (mouse); TBP-associated factor 43 kDa; TBP-associated factor 8; transcription initiation factor TFIID subunit 8
Mass (kDA):
33.988 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 17|17 C |
| Sequence: | 17; |
Low level of expression throughout the brain with slightly higher expression in the hippocampus.



PMID: 11076765 by Voss A.K., et al. Taube nuss is a novel gene essential for the survival of pluripotent cells of early mouse embryos.
PMID: 14580349 by Guermah M., et al. The TBN protein, which is essential for early embryonic mouse development, is an inducible TAFII implicated in adipogenesis.