======= LHX8 =======
== Gene Information ==
* **Official Symbol**: LHX8
* **Official Name**: LIM homeobox 8
* **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A
* **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=431707|431707]]
* **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q68G74|Q68G74]]
* **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=LHX8&organism=9606|BioGRID]]
* **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20LHX8|Open PubMed]]
* **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/604425|Open OMIM]]
== Function Summary ==
* **Entrez Summary**: N/A
* **UniProt Summary**: Transcription factor involved in differentiation of certain neurons and mesenchymal cells. {ECO:0000250}.
|Homeobox|
|LIM|
|female germ cell nucleus|
|forebrain neuron development|
|forebrain neuron differentiation|
|forebrain generation of neurons|
|central nervous system neuron development|
|odontogenesis of dentin-containing tooth|
|female gonad development|
|development of primary female sexual characteristics|
|female sex differentiation|
|odontogenesis|
|central nervous system neuron differentiation|
|gonad development|
|development of primary sexual characteristics|
|learning or memory|
|sex differentiation|
|cognition|
|RNA polymerase II regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding|
|forebrain development|
|reproductive structure development|
|reproductive system development|
|behavior|
|developmental process involved in reproduction|
|brain development|
|head development|
|neuron development|
|animal organ morphogenesis|
|central nervous system development|
|neuron differentiation|
|positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II|
|nervous system process|
|reproductive process|
|reproduction|
|generation of neurons|
|positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated|
|DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific|
|neurogenesis|
|positive regulation of nucleic acid-templated transcription|
|positive regulation of RNA biosynthetic process|
|cell development|
|positive regulation of RNA metabolic process|
|positive regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process|
|positive regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process|
|system process|
|positive regulation of cellular biosynthetic process|
|positive regulation of gene expression|
|positive regulation of biosynthetic process|
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=== CRISPR Data ===
^Screen^Score^
|[[:results:exp238|Parthenolide 2.5μM R05 exp238]]|1.83|
No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics.
Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739
^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^
|1290807.0|0/1|
|909776.0|0/1|
|bile duct|0/28|
|blood|0/28|
|bone|0/26|
|breast|0/33|
|central nervous system|0/56|
|cervix|0/4|
|colorectal|0/17|
|esophagus|0/13|
|fibroblast|0/1|
|gastric|0/16|
|kidney|0/21|
|liver|0/20|
|lung|0/75|
|lymphocyte|0/16|
|ovary|0/26|
|pancreas|0/24|
|peripheral nervous system|0/16|
|plasma cell|0/15|
|prostate|0/1|
|skin|0/24|
|soft tissue|0/9|
|thyroid|0/2|
|upper aerodigestive|0/22|
|urinary tract|0/29|
|uterus|0/5|
== Essentiality in NALM6 ==
* **Essentiality Rank**: 14649
* **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: -6.6
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