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GENE - TERM ANNOTATION REPORT

RGD ID: 2319509
Species: Rattus norvegicus
RGD Object: Gene
Symbol: Hoxb2
Name: homeobox B2
Acc ID: GO:0021612
Term: facial nerve structural organization
Definition: The process that contributes to the act of creating the structural organization of the facial nerve. This process pertains to the physical shaping of a rudimentary structure. This sensory and motor nerve supplies the muscles of facial expression and the expression and taste at the anterior two-thirds of the tongue. The principal branches are the superficial opthalmic, buccal, palatine and hyomandibular. The main trunk synapses within pterygopalatine ganglion in the parotid gland and this ganglion then gives of nerve branches which supply the lacrimal gland and the mucous secreting glands of the nasal and oral cavities.
Definition Source(s): GO_REF:0000021, GOC:cls, GOC:dgh, GOC:dph, GOC:jid, ISBN:0838580343
Note: Use of the qualifier "multiple interactions" designates that the annotated interaction is comprised of a complex set of reactions and/or regulatory events, possibly involving additional chemicals and/or gene products.
Object SymbolQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceSourceNotesOriginal Reference(s)
Hoxb2acts_upstream_of_or_withinISOHoxb2 (Mus musculus)1624291RGDMGI:2151772 PMID:9012503

PMID:9012503
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