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Summary Expression Expr. PhenotypesPheno. Gene Literature (10)Lit. (10) GO Terms (32)GO (32) Nucleotides (240)Nucl. (240) Proteins (66)Prot. (66) Interactants (272)Interact. (272) Wiki
XB-GENEPAGE-972726
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 cbx5

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chromobox 5

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HP1-a , HP1a , HP1-alpha , HP1alpha ( Nomenclature history )

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Heterochromatin-associated protein HP1 and related CHROMO domain proteins

AI Protein Function :
cbx5 encodes a heterochromatin protein 1α that binds trimethylated histone H3 lysine 9, promotes heterochromatin formation and transcriptional repression, and acts as a chromatin‑associated transcripti...[+]


InterPro :
Chromo/chromo shadow dom, Chromo domain, Chromodomain CS, Chromo-like dom sf, [+]

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???displayGene.expression???                  Development Stages                                               Embryonic Tissues                                                                Adult Tissues
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