ASCL4 Gene
protein-coding GIFtS: 43
GCID: GC12P108168
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achaete-scute complex homolog 4 (Drosophila)(Previous name: achaete-scute complex-like 4 (Drosophila) )
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Aliases for ASCL4 gene
(According to
1HGNC,
2Entrez Gene,
3UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot,
4UniProtKB/TrEMBL, 5OMIM, 6GeneLoc,
7Ensembl,
8DME,
9miRBase,
and/or 10fRNAdb) About This Section
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| Achaete-Scute Complex Homolog 4 (Drosophila)1 2 | | Achaete-Scute Complex-Like 4 (Drosophila)1 | | HASH41 2 3 | | Achaete-Scute Complex-Like 42 | | BHLHa441 | | Achaete-Scute Homolog 42 | | Achaete-Scute-Like Protein 42 3 | | Class II BHLH Protein ASCL42 | | Class A Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Protein 442 3 | | BHLHA443 | | ASH-42 3 | | HASH41 2 3 |
Export aliases for ASCL4 gene to outside databasesPrevious GC identifers: GC12P108101 GC12P106670 GC12P105228 |
Summaries for ASCL4 gene(According to Entrez Gene,
Tocris Bioscience,
Wikipedia's
Gene Wiki,
PharmGKB,
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot,
and/or
UniProtKB/TrEMBL)
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| Entrez Gene summary for ASCL4: Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, such as ASCL4, are essential for the determination of cell fate and thedevelopment and differentiation of numerous tissues (Jonsson et al., 2004 (PubMed 15475265)).(supplied by OMIM, Mar2008) UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: ASCL4_HUMAN, Q6XD76Function: Could be a transcriptional regulator involved in skin development
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Genomic Views for ASCL4 gene
(According to
GeneLoc and/or
HGNC, and/or
Entrez Gene (NCBI build 37),
and/or miRBase,
Genomic Views according to
UCSC (hg19) and
Ensembl (release 69),
Regulatory elements and Epigenetics data according to
QIAGEN,
SABiosciences, and/or
SwitchGear Genomics) About This Section
| RefSeq DNA sequence:- NC_000012.11 NC_018923.1 NT_029419.12
Regulatory elements: SABiosciences Regulatory transcription factor binding sites in the ASCL4 gene promoter: MEF-2A STAT1 FAC1 FOXC1 AML1a STAT1beta STAT1alpha C/EBPalpha Roaz Other transcription factors
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Epigenetics:
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Genomic Location: Genomic View: UCSC Golden Path with GeneCards custom track
Entrez Gene cytogenetic band: 12q23.3 Ensembl cytogenetic band: 12q23.3 HGNC cytogenetic band: 12q24.11ASCL4 Gene in genomic location: bands according to Ensembl, locations according to
(and/or Entrez Gene and/or Ensembl if different)

GeneLoc information about chromosome 12 GeneLoc Exon Structure GeneLoc location for GC12P108168: view genomic region
(about GC identifiers)
Start:
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108,168,162 bp from pter |
End:
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108,170,421 bp from pter |
Size:
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2,260 bases |
Orientation:
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plus strand |
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Proteins for ASCL4 gene
(According to
1UniProtKB,
HORDE,
neXtProt,
Ensembl,
and/or Reactome,
Modification sites according to 2PhosphoSitePlus,
Specific Peptides from DME,
Protein expression images according to data from SPIRE MOPED and PaxDb,
RefSeq according to NCBI,
PDB rendering according to OCA and/or Proteopedia,
Recombinant Proteins
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Biochemical Assays by
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R&D Systems,
OriGene,
GenScript,
Cell Signaling Technology,
Enzo Life Sciences, and/or
Uscn,
Ontologies according to Gene
Ontology Consortium 01 Mar 2013 and
Entrez Gene,
Antibodies by
EMD Millipore,
R&D Systems,
GenScript,
Cell Signaling Technology,
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Novus Biologicals,
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Abcam, and/or
Uscn)
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| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: ASCL4_HUMAN, Q6XD76 (See
protein sequence)Recommended Name: Achaete-scute homolog 4 Size: 172 amino acids; 19253 Da
Subcellular location: Nucleus (By similarity)
Sequence caution: Sequence=DAA01055.1; Type=Erroneous initiation; Note=Translation N-terminally shortened;
Secondary accessions: Q7RTS2Explore the universe of human proteins at neXtProt for ASCL4: NX_Q6XD76
ASCL4 Protein expression data from MOPED and PaxDb: About this image 
REFSEQ proteins: NP_982260.2 ENSEMBL proteins: ENSP00000345420 Human Recombinant Protein Products:
Gene Ontology (GO): 2 cellular component terms (GO ID links to tree view): About this table
ASCL4 for ontologies About GeneDecksing
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Protein
Domains / Families for ASCL4 gene(According to InterPro, ProtoNet,
UniProtKB, and/or BLOCKS,
Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks)
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ASCL4 for domains About GeneDecksing
2 InterPro domains/families:Graphical View of Domain Structure for InterPro Entry Q6XD76ProtoNet protein and cluster: Q6XD76 1 Blocks protein family: IPB001092 Basic helix-loop-helix dimerization domain bHLH
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: ASCL4_HUMAN, Q6XD76Similarity: Contains 1 bHLH (basic helix-loop-helix) domain |
Function for ASCL4 gene
(According to 1UniProtKB,
Genatlas,
LifeMap Discovery™,
IUBMB, and/or
2DME,
Human phenotypes from GenomeRNAi,
Animal models from MGI Mar 06 2013,
bound targets from SABiosciences,
miRNA Gene Targets from miRTarBase
shRNA from
OriGene,
RNAi from
EMD Millipore,
siRNAs from
OriGene,
QIAGEN,
microRNA from QIAGEN,
Gene Editing from DNA2.0,
Clones from EMD Millipore,
OriGene,
SwitchGear Genomics,
GenScript,
Sino Biological,
DNA2.0,
and Vector BioLabs,
Cell Lines from GenScript,
LifeMap BioReagents,
In Situ Hybridization Assays from Advanced Cell Diagnostics,
Ontologies according to Gene Ontology Consortium 01 Mar 2013 via
Entrez Gene.)
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| Function Summary: UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: ASCL4_HUMAN, Q6XD76Function: Could be a transcriptional regulator involved in skin development
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Gene Ontology (GO): 2 molecular function terms (GO ID links to tree view): About this table | GO ID | Qualified GO term | Evidence | PubMed IDs |
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| GO:0003677 | DNA binding |
IEA | -- | | GO:0046983 | protein dimerization activity |
IEA | -- |
ASCL4 for ontologies About GeneDecksing
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Pathways & Interactions for ASCL4 gene
(Pathways according to
EMD Millipore,
R&D Systems,
Cell Signaling Technology,
KEGG,
PharmGKB,
BioSystems,
Reactome,
Tocris Bioscience,
GeneGo (Thomson Reuters),
QIAGEN,
and/or UniProtKB,
Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks,
Interaction Networks according to
SABiosciences,
and/or STRING,
Interactions according to 1UniProtKB,
2MINT,
3I2D, and/or
4STRING,
with links to IntAct and
Ensembl,
Ontologies according to Gene Ontology Consortium 01 Mar 2013 via
Entrez Gene).
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Interactions:
Search SABiosciences Gene Network CentralTM Interacting Genes and Proteins Networks for ASCL4
STRING Interaction
Network Preview (showing 1 interactants - click image to see more details)
 1 Interacting protein for ASCL4 (Q6XD763 ENSP000003454204) via UniProtKB, MINT, STRING, and/or I2DAbout this table
Gene Ontology (GO): 3 biological process terms (GO ID links to tree view): About this table
ASCL4 for ontologies About GeneDecksing
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Drugs & Compounds for ASCL4 gene(Chemical Compounds according to UniProtKB, Enzo Life Sciences,
EMD Millipore, Tocris Bioscience
HMDB,
BitterDB, and/or
Novoseek, and Drugs according to
DrugBank,
Enzo Life Sciences, and/or
PharmGKB, with drugs/clinical trials/news
search links to CenterWatch)
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Browse Tocris compounds for ASCL4 Search CenterWatch for drugs/clinical trials and news about ASCL4 
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Transcripts for ASCL4 gene(Secondary structures according to
fRNAdb,
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ Accessions according to
Unigene
(Build 235 Homo sapiens; Mar 10 2013) or GenBank, RefSeq according to Entrez Gene,
DOTS (version 10), and/or
AceView,
transcript ids from Ensembl
with links to UCSC,
exon structure from GeneLoc,
alternative splicing isoforms according to ASD and/or
ECgene,
RNAi Products from
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siRNAs from
OriGene,
QIAGEN,
shRNA from
OriGene,
microRNA from QIAGEN,
Tagged/untagged cDNA clones from
OriGene,
SwitchGear Genomics,
GenScript,
DNA2.0,
Vector BioLabs,
Primers from
OriGene,
SABiosciences, and/or
QIAGEN
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| REFSEQ mRNAs for ASCL4 gene: NM_203436.2 Unigene Cluster for ASCL4: Achaete-scute complex homolog 4 (Drosophila) Hs.149910 [show with all ESTs]Unigene Representative Sequence: NM_2034361 Ensembl transcript including schematic representation, and UCSC links where relevant: ENST00000342331(uc001tmr.3)
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Additional cDNA sequence: AY238895.1 BC128211.1 BC128212.1 1 DOTS entry: DT.70101691 6 AceView cDNA sequences: AI290227 NM_203436 BK000275 AY238895 BX092631 AI190511 GeneLoc Exon Structure
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Expression for ASCL4 gene
(RNA expression data according to
H-InvDB,
NONCODE,
miRBase, and
RNAdb,
Expression images according to data from
BioGPS,
Illumina Human BodyMap, and
CGAP
SAGE,
Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks,
in vivo and in vitro expression data from LifeMap Discovery™,
plus additional links to
Genevestigator, and/or
SOURCE, and/or
BioGPS, and/or
UniProtKB,
PCR Arrays from
SABiosciences,
Primers from
OriGene,
SABiosciences, and/or
QIAGEN,
In Situ Hybridization Assays from Advanced Cell Diagnostics)
About This Section
| ASCL4 expression in normal human tissues (normalized intensities) See probesets specificity/sensitivity at GeneAnnot About this imageBioGPS CGAP TAG: TGCTGTTGTT
About this image See ASCL4 Protein Expression from SPIRE MOPED and PaxDB SOURCE GeneReport for Unigene cluster: Hs.149910 UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: ASCL4_HUMAN, Q6XD76Tissue specificity: Expressed in skin. 7-fold higher expression in fetal skin than in adult skin. Weak expression alsodetected in fetal lung, aorta and brain, and in adult stomach, kidney, ovary and breast SABiosciences Custom PCR Arrays for ASCL4
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Orthologs for ASCL4 gene
(Orthologs according to
1,2HomoloGene (2older version, for species not in 1newer version),
3euGenes,
4SGD
,
5MGI Mar 06 2013,
with possible further links to
Flybase
and/or
WormBase,
and/or
6Ensembl pan taxonomic compara ,
Gene Trees according to Ensembl and
TreeFam)
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This gene was present in the common ancestor of animals.
Orthologs for ASCL4 gene from 5/15 species (see all 15) About this table
ENSEMBL Gene Tree for ASCL4 (if available) TreeFam Gene Tree for ASCL4 (if available)  |
Paralogs for ASCL4 gene(Paralogs according to
1HomoloGene, 2Ensembl, and 3SIMAP, Pseudogenes according to 4Pseudogene.org Build 68) About This Section
| Paralogs for ASCL4 gene
- ASCL32 ASCL22 ASCL12
3 SIMAP similar genes for ASCL4 using alignment to 1 protein entry: ASCL4_HUMAN:TAL2 ASCL2 ASCL3
ASCL4 for paralogs About GeneDecksing
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Genomic Variants for ASCL4 gene(SNPs/Variants according to the
1NCBI SNP Database,
2Ensembl,
3PupaSUITE,
UniProtKB, and
DNA2.0,
Linkage Disequilibrium by HapMap,
Structural Variations(CNVs/InDels/Inversions) from the Database of Genomic Variants, Mutations from the Human Gene
Mutation Database (HGMD) and the Locus Specific Mutation
Databases (LSDB), Blood group antigen gene mutations by BGMUT,
Resequencing Primers from QIAGEN,
Cancer Mutation PCR Arrays and Assays and Copy Number PCR Arrays from SABiosciences)
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| Genomic Data | Transcription Related Data | Allele Frequencies | | SNP ID | Valid | Clinical significance | Chr 12 pos | Sequence | # | AA Chg | Type | More | # | Allele freq | Pop | Total sample | More |
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HapMap Linkage Disequilibrium report for ASCL4 (108168162 - 108170421 bp)
Structural Variations (Copy Number Variations, Insertions/Deletions, Inversions) Database of Genomic Variants (DGV) variations for ASCL4: --  | SABiosciences Cancer Mutation PCR Assays |
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Disorders
/ Diseases for ASCL4 gene
(in which this Gene is Involved, According to MalaCards,
OMIM, UniProtKB,
the University of Copenhagen DISEASES
database,
Genatlas, GeneTests,
GAD,
HuGE Navigator,
and/or TGDB.)
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ASCL4 for disorders About GeneDecksing
OMIM gene information: 609155
OMIM disorders: --
1 disease for ASCL4: About MalaCardskeratosis Export disorders for ASCL4 gene to outside databases
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Publications for ASCL4 gene (in
PubMed.
Associations of this gene to articles via
1Entrez Gene,
2UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot,
3HGNC,
4GAD,
5PharmGKB,
6HMDB,
7DrugBank,
8UniProtKB/TrEMBL,
9 Novoseek, and/or
10fRNAdb)
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PubMed articles for ASCL4 gene integrated from 9 sources: (articles sorted by number of sources associating them with ASCL4) | |  | Utopia: connect your pdf to the dynamic world of online information |
- Hash4, a novel human achaete-scute homologue found in fetal skin. (PubMed id 15475265)1, 2, 9 Jonsson M.... Asp J. (2004)
- Exhaustive identification of human class II basic helix-loop-helix proteins by virtual library screening. (PubMed id 14516699)1, 2 McLellan A.S.... Kealey T. (2002)
- Role of intramitochondrial arachidonic acid and acyl-C oA synthetase 4 in angiotensin II-regulated aldosterone synthesis in NCI-H295R a drenocortical cell line. (PubMed id 22549224)1 Mele P.G....Podesta E.J. (2012)
- The XLMR gene ACSL4 plays a role in dendritic spine a rchitecture. (PubMed id 19166906)1 Meloni I....Renieri A. (2009)
- The finished DNA sequence of human chromosome 12. (PubMed id 16541075)2 Scherer S.E.... Gibbs R.A. (2006)
- The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). (PubMed id 15489334)2 Gerhard D.S....Malek J. (2004)
- Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. (PubMed id 12477932)1 Strausberg R.L....Marra M.A. (2002)
- Exhaustive identification of human class II basic helix-loop-helix proteins by virtual library screening. (PubMed id 12617822)1 McLellan A.S.... Kealey T. (2002)
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External Searches for ASCL4 gene
(in PubMed,
OMIM, and NCBI Bookshelf) About This Section
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Genome Databases showing ASCL4 gene
(According to
Entrez Gene,
HGNC,
AceView,
euGenes,
Ensembl,
miRBase,
ECgene,
Kegg,
and/or
H-InvDB)
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Other Databases showing ASCL4 gene
(According to HUGE)
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Specialized Databases showing ASCL4 gene(According to PharmGKB,
ATLAS, HORDE, IMGT, LEIDEN, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL, Wikipedia and/or GeneReviews via UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot) About This Section
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| Name | Description |
| PharmGKB entry for ASCL4 | Pharmacogenomics, SNPs, Pathways |
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| Patent Information for ASCL4 gene: Search GeneIP for patents involving ASCL4
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