erythroid transcription factor-1 (ETF1)

Function

• binding sites for ETF1 are widely distributed in the promoters & enhancers of the globin gene family & other erythroid-specific genes

Pathology

• aberrant binding of ETF1 to a mutant site has been implicated in one type of hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin

More general terms

• transcription factor (TF)

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/305371