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PAX2

Paired box gene 2, also known as Pax-2, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the PAX2 gene.

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Aliases
PAX2, PAPRS, FSGS7, paired box 2, PAX-2
Band
10q24.31 · 19 C3|19 38.09 cM
Bgee
renal medulla · right uterine tube · human kidney · tail of epididymis · corpus epididymis
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 10 (human) · Chromosome 19 (mouse)
Databases
NCBI: entry; OMA: entry

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PAX2

Nodes16
Edges15
Triples193
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.125
Components1

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PAX2

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Gene ontology · 85
PAX2 → ageing, animal organ development, axonogenesis, brain morphogenesis, branching involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis, camera-type eye development, cell differentiation, cell fate determination, cellular response to epidermal growth factor stimulus, cellular response to glucose stimulus, cellular response to hydrogen peroxide, cellular response to retinoic acid, centriolar satellite, cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding, cochlea development, cochlea morphogenesis, DNA binding, DNA-binding transcription factor activity, DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific, glial cell differentiation
related to Function · 30
PAX2 → Concentration, DNA-binding, Drosophila, En, En1, Expression, Family, FGF8, In, It, Member, Mesencephalon, MHB, MHB-specific, Otx2-Gbx2, Paired-Box Containing Genes, Pax, Pax-2, Pax5, Pax8
Bgee · 20
PAX2 → corpus epididymis, endometrium, epithelium of epididymis, Gray matter of spinal cord, human kidney, kidney tubule, mesonephric duct, mesonephric tubules, mesonephros, neural ectoderm, optic recess, optic stalk, otic placode, paraflocculus of cerebellum, renal medulla, right uterine tube, seminal vesicula, tail of epididymis, testicle, ureteric bud
RNA expression pattern · 20
PAX2 → corpus epididymis, endometrium, epithelium of epididymis, Gray matter of spinal cord, human kidney, kidney tubule, mesonephric duct, mesonephric tubules, mesonephros, neural ectoderm, optic recess, optic stalk, otic placode, paraflocculus of cerebellum, renal medulla, right uterine tube, seminal vesicula, tail of epididymis, testicle, ureteric bud
related to External links · 8
PAX2 → GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW, Medicine, Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, National Library, Renal Coloboma SyndromePAX2, This, United States National Library
related to Clinical significance · 7
PAX2 → Alternative, Gata3, HGF, Mutations, Pathologically, Pax8, Without
Band · 2
PAX2 → 10q24.31, 19 C3|19 38.09 cM
Chr. · 2
PAX2 → Chromosome 10 (human), Chromosome 19 (mouse)
End · 2
PAX2 → 100,829,944 bp, 44,837,871 bp
is a · 2
PAX2 → attractive therapeutic target and a number of methods for inhibiting its activity have been investigated, earliest known gene to be expressed across the Otx2-Gbx2 boundary

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gene human bp transcription factor chr band expression development chromosome 10 also kidney expressed system paired box protein renal region

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
PAX2AliasesPAX2, PAPRS, FSGS7, paired box 2, PAX-21.00infobox
PAX2Band10q24.311.00infobox
PAX2Band19 C3|19 38.09 cM1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeerenal medulla1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeeright uterine tube1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeehuman kidney1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeetail of epididymis1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeecorpus epididymis1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeeseminal vesicula1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeeendometrium1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeetesticle1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeeparaflocculus of cerebellum1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeekidney tubule1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeemesonephros1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeemesonephric tubules1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeemesonephric duct1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeeoptic stalk1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeeureteric bud1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeeotic placode1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeeneural ectoderm1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeeepithelium of epididymis1.00infobox
PAX2BgeeGray matter of spinal cord1.00infobox
PAX2Bgeeoptic recess1.00infobox
PAX2BioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
PAX2Chr.Chromosome 10 (human)1.00infobox
PAX2Chr.Chromosome 19 (mouse)1.00infobox
PAX2DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
PAX2End100,829,944 bp1.00infobox
PAX2End44,837,871 bp1.00infobox
PAX2EnsemblENSG000000758911.00infobox

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