cartilage homeoprotein 1 (CART1, ALX1)

Function

• role in chondrocyte differentiation (putative)
• role in cervix development (putative)
• repressor with rat prolactin promoter in vivo

Structure

• belongs to the paired homeobox family
• contains 1 homeobox DNA-binding domain
  • contains 1 OAR domain

Compartment

nucleus

Expression

expressed in cartilage tissue & cervix

More general terms

• transcriptional silencer (transcriptional repressor)

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/601527
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q15699.html