PHOX2B

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paired-like homeobox 2b
Identifiers
Symbol PHOX2B
Alt. Symbols PMX2B
Entrez 8929
HUGO 9143
OMIM 603851
RefSeq NM_003924
UniProt Q99453
Other data
Locus Chr. 4 p12

PHOX2B is a human gene located on chromosome 4.

It codes for a homeodomain transcription factor. It is expressed exclusively in the nervous system, in most neurons that control the viscera (cardiovascular, digestive and respiratory systems). It is also required for their differentiation.

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Mutations in human PHOX2B cause a rare disease of the visceral nervous system (or dysautonomia): Ondine's curse or Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (or CCHS), which associates respiratory arrests during sleep, Hirschprung's disease (partial agenesis of the enteric nervous system) and tumors of the sympathetic ganglia.

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