Gene:	Mafa ( Rattus norvegicus ) v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog A (avian)
Synonyms:	v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene family, protein A (avian); similar to pancreatic beta-cell specific transcriptional activator; similar to pancreatic beta-cell specific transcriptional activator (predicted); LOC366949; rgd1562627_predicted; RGD1562627_predicted; RGD1562627;
ArrayIDs:	6191857; 6510899; 6725965; 6512801; rc_AI072669_at; 1384460_at; 5676285; 6475785; 6649419; 6211968; 6567260; 6104548; 5930639; A_44_P401088;  (details...)
Gene Type:	protein-coding
Additional Data
Homologs
Homo sapiens: MAFA     See the Human gene in context in:     UCSC     NCBI MapViewer
Mus musculus: Mafa     See the Mouse gene in context in:     UCSC     NCBI MapViewer
Comparative Map Data Species Symbol Map Name Chr. Position Rattus norvegicus Mafa Rat Celera Assembly 7 103795465 - 103796244     RGSC genome assembly v3.4 7 113707043 - 113708128     Cytogenetic 7 q34 Mus musculus Mafa Mouse genome assembly build 36.1 15 75577273 - 75578352     Cytogenetic 15 15 D3 Homo sapiens MAFA Human genome assembly build 36.2 8 144582658 - 144583719     Cytogenetic 8 q24.3   View comparative maps:      NCBI MapViewer
Genome
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Annotation
Molecular Function	Gene Ontology DNA binding,  transcription activator activity (details...)
Biological Process	Gene Ontology positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter,  regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent,  nitric oxide mediated signal transduction ...  (details...)
Cellular Component	Gene Ontology nucleus (details...)
External Links
Databases	DATABASE ID SOURCE SMART: BRLZ IPI PROSITE: BZIP IPI UNIPARC: UPI00002504B1 IPI KEGG Report: rno:366949 ENTREZGENE HomoloGene Group ID: 65867 ENTREZGENE Pfam: Maf_N IPI Pfam: bZIP_Maf IPI KEGG Pathway: 04950 ENTREZGENE KEGG Pathway: 04930 ENTREZGENE InterPro: TF_bZIP. IPI InterPro: Euk_TF_DNA_bd. IPI InterPro: TF_Maf. IPI InterPro: Maf_TF_N. IPI IPI: IPI00370146 IPI Ensembl Protein: ENSRNOP00000010084 IPI Entrez Gene: Mafa ENTREZGENE Ensembl Genes: ENSRNOG00000007668 IPI Superfamily-SCOP: Euk_transcr_DNA IPI
Sequences	Nucleotide: AABR03056011 Get FASTA Search GEO Profiles Nucleotide: XR_008949 Get FASTA Search GEO Profiles Nucleotide: AAHX01051607 Get FASTA Search GEO Profiles Nucleotide: XM_345846 Get FASTA Search GEO Profiles (View all 4 Nucleotide Accessions) Protein: XP_345847 Get FASTA
Clusters	UniGene: 126670
References
Curated References	There are currently no references in RGD related to Mafa
Other References	1 other references at PubMed related to Mafa
Database Information
RGD ID	1562627
History	Date Current Symbol Current Name Previous Symbol Previous name Status Description Reference 30-OCT-08: Mafa v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog A (avian) Mafa v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene family, protein A (avian) APPROVED Nomenclature updated to reflect human and mouse nomenclature 1299863 29-FEB-08: Mafa v-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene family, protein A (avian) RGD1562627_predicted similar to pancreatic beta-cell specific transcriptional activator (predicted) APPROVED Nomenclature updated to reflect human and mouse nomenclature 1299863 07-MAR-06: RGD1562627_predicted similar to pancreatic beta-cell specific transcriptional activator (predicted) LOC366949 similar to pancreatic beta-cell specific transcriptional activator APPROVED Symbol and Name status set to approved 1299863 09-FEB-06: LOC366949 similar to pancreatic beta-cell specific transcriptional activator PROVISIONAL Symbol and Name status set to provisional 70820