| Protein Name | MAF bZIP transcription factor A |
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| Organism | Mus musculus |
| Gene ID | 378435 |
| Gene Symbol | Mafa |
| UniProt | Q8CF90 (MAFA_MOUSE) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
37
Total Number of Articles : 50 |
Description |
MAF bZIP transcription factor A |
| Gene Summary |
Enables DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription. Located in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including lens vesicle; myotome; nervous system; pancreas; and spleen. Used to study maturity-onset diabetes of the young and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human MAFA (MAF bZIP transcription factor A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025] |
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