XB-FEAT-876577

foxd4l1.2

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nomenclature changes

06/19/2017 Human name has changed for Entrez Gene: 200350. From forkhead box D4-like 1 to forkhead box D4 like 1.

Note

There are 2 Xenopus homeologs for Human FOXD4L1, foxd4l1.1 and foxd4l1.2,

Summary from NCBI

This gene is a member of the forkhead/winged-helix (FOX) family of transcription factors with highly conserved FOX DNA-binding domains. Members of the FOX family of transcription factors are regulators of embryogenesis and may play a role in human cancer. This gene lies in a region of chromosome 2 that surrounds the site where two ancestral chromosomes fused to form human chromosome 2. This region is duplicated elsewhere in the human genome, primarily in subtelomeric and pericentromeric locations, thus mutiple copies of this gene have been found. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]