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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

helt bHLH transcription factor [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:3040955]

Gene Synonyms

Heslike, megane

Location

Chromosome 8: 46,745,076-46,747,708 reverse strand.

GRCm39:CM001001.3

About this gene

This gene has 3 transcripts (splice variants), 202 orthologues, 11 paralogues and is associated with 10 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000058636.9Helt-2011541240aaENSMUSP00000054823.8
 
Protein coding
CCDS22290Q7TS99 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000210652.3Helt-2021293202aaENSMUSP00000147465.2
 
Protein coding
Q8BRJ9 GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENSMUST00000210696.2Helt-203454No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:3