MEI4
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: MEI4
- Official Name: meiotic double-stranded break formation protein 4
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 101928601
- UniProt: A8MW99
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: N/A
- UniProt Summary: Required for DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) formation in unsynapsed regions during meiotic recombination. Probably acts by forming a complex with IHO1/CCDC36 and REC114, which activates DSBs formation in unsynapsed regions, an essential step to ensure completion of synapsis. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q8BRM6}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 18072
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -1.95