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WormBase Tree Display for Gene: WBGene00001953

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Name Class

WBGene00001953SMapS_parentSequenceC02B8
IdentityVersion1
NameCGC_namehlh-8Person_evidenceWBPerson346
Sequence_nameC02B8.4
Molecular_nameC02B8.4
C02B8.4.1
CE24777
C02B8.4.2
Other_nameCELE_C02B8.4Accession_evidenceNDBBX284606
Public_namehlh-8
DB_infoDatabaseAceViewgeneXI737
WormQTLgeneWBGene00001953
WormFluxgeneWBGene00001953
OMIMdisease101400
gene601622
607556
NDBlocus_tagCELE_C02B8.4
PanthergeneCAEEL|WormBase=WBGene00001953|UniProtKB=Q11094
familyPTHR23349
NCBIgene181069
RefSeqproteinNM_076966.3
SwissProtUniProtAccQ11094
UniProt_GCRPUniProtAccQ11094
SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegans
HistoryVersion_change107 Apr 2004 11:29:26WBPerson1971EventImportedInitial conversion from geneace
StatusLive
Gene_infoBiotypeSO:0001217
Gene_classhlh
Allele (88)
StrainWBStrain00027639
WBStrain00027640
WBStrain00030584
WBStrain00030587
WBStrain00030588
WBStrain00033322
WBStrain00037705
RNASeq_FPKM (74)
GO_annotation (19)
Ortholog (37)
ParalogWBGene00000561Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisTreeFam
WBGene00001954Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WBGene00001957Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisTreeFam
Panther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00003595Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisTreeFam
WBGene00001962Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WBGene00001981Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
WBGene00001956Caenorhabditis elegansFrom_analysisPanther
WormBase-Compara
Structured_descriptionConcise_descriptionThe hlh-8 gene encodes a helix-loop-helix protein required for normal muscle development, and hence for normal defecation and egg-laying.Paper_evidenceWBPaper00003174
WBPaper00004154
WBPaper00004482
WBPaper00005080
Curator_confirmedWBPerson567
Date_last_updated17 Jun 2004 00:00:00
Automated_descriptionPredicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in mesodermal cell fate specification; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and vulval cell fate specification. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Expressed in several structures, including M.dla; M.dra; M.vla; body wall muscle cell from M lineage; and enteric muscle. Used to study Saethre-Chotzen syndrome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Barber-Say syndrome; Sweeney-Cox syndrome; and synostosis (multiple). Is an ortholog of human TWIST2 (twist family bHLH transcription factor 2).Paper_evidenceWBPaper00065943
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
WBPerson37462
Inferred_automaticallyThis description was generated automatically by a script based on data from the WS291 version of WormBase
Date_last_updated29 Nov 2023 00:00:00
Disease_infoExperimental_modelDOID:14768Homo sapiensPaper_evidenceWBPaper00005324
WBPaper00036744
Accession_evidenceOMIM101400
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated03 Apr 2013 00:00:00
Potential_modelDOID:0060549Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:20670)
DOID:3459Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
DOID:0080538Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
DOID:0060550Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:20670)
DOID:14768Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
DOID:12960Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
DOID:2340Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
EFO:MONDO:0018363Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:20670)
DOID:3770Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
DOID:1612Homo sapiensInferred_automaticallyInferred by orthology to human genes with DO annotation (HGNC:12428)
Disease_relevanceTwist1 is a well-conserved bHLH type transcriptional regulator protein present across species including humans, involved in the development of the mesoderm; mutations in Twist1 are implicated in the craniofacial disorder Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, characterized by the premature fusion of certain skull bones (craniosynostosis), preventing the skull from growing normally and affecting the shape of the head and face; studies with the C. elegans Twist ortholog indicate that the semi-dominant mutant (n2170) shares the muscle development defective phenotypes with the loss-of-function mutant (nr2061); further, when mutations similar to Saethre-Chotzen syndrome mutations were introduced into elegans Twist, similar muscle defective phenotypes were observed, suggesting that Saethre-Chotzen syndrome may be caused, in some cases, by dominant negative proteins, rather than by haploinsufficiency of the locus.Homo sapiensPaper_evidenceWBPaper00005324
Accession_evidenceOMIM101400
601622
Curator_confirmedWBPerson324
Date_last_updated12 May 2015 00:00:00
Models_disease_in_annotationWBDOannot00001006
Models_disease_assertedWBDOannot00000126
WBDOannot00001005
Molecular_infoCorresponding_CDSC02B8.4
Corresponding_transcript (2)
Other_sequenceOden_isotig22148
ES413014.1
JI213846.1
Associated_feature (14)
Gene_product_binds (7249)
Transcription_factorWBTranscriptionFactor000066
WBTranscriptionFactor000083
Experimental_infoRNAi_result (14)
Expr_pattern (13)
Drives_construct (19)
Construct_product (11)
AntibodyWBAntibody00000188
WBAntibody00001852
Microarray_results (19)
Expression_cluster (88)
Interaction (121)
WBProcessWBbiopr:00000040
Map_infoMapXPosition-0.530654Error0.011006
PositivePositive_cloneC02B8Inferred_automaticallyFrom sequence, transcript, pseudogene data
Mapping_dataMulti_point4404
4750
4876
5663
Pseudo_map_position
ReferenceWBPaper00003138
WBPaper00003174
WBPaper00003578
WBPaper00003790
WBPaper00004154
WBPaper00004244
WBPaper00004482
WBPaper00005080
WBPaper00005324
WBPaper00005557
WBPaper00005853
WBPaper00006029
WBPaper00010387
WBPaper00010715
WBPaper00010739
WBPaper00010793
WBPaper00010810
WBPaper00011778
WBPaper00015696
WBPaper00016702
WBPaper00016962
WBPaper00017479
WBPaper00017860
WBPaper00017861
WBPaper00018033
WBPaper00018453
WBPaper00019449
WBPaper00019450
WBPaper00022346
WBPaper00023059
WBPaper00023662
WBPaper00024494
WBPaper00025425
WBPaper00025985
WBPaper00026073
WBPaper00026712
WBPaper00026870
WBPaper00027104
WBPaper00027262
WBPaper00027309
WBPaper00027843
WBPaper00027873
WBPaper00027898
WBPaper00028430
WBPaper00028855
WBPaper00029191
WBPaper00031018
WBPaper00032446
WBPaper00033137
WBPaper00034542
WBPaper00034761
WBPaper00034777
WBPaper00035056
WBPaper00035102
WBPaper00036744
WBPaper00038491
WBPaper00039698
WBPaper00040696
WBPaper00041549
WBPaper00043582
WBPaper00045213
WBPaper00047207
WBPaper00051023
WBPaper00055090
WBPaper00057876
WBPaper00060275
WBPaper00061738
WBPaper00062285
WBPaper00063412
WBPaper00065281
WBPaper00065757
RemarkMap position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.CGC_data_submission
MethodGene