Antigen Description
This gene encodes a transcription factor containing a POUhomeodomain. This transcription factor plays a role in embryonicdevelopment, especially during early embryogenesis, and it isnecessary for embryonic stem cell pluripotency. A translocation ofthis gene with the Ewing's sarcoma gene, t(6; 22)(p21; q12), has beenlinked to tumor formation. Alternative splicing, as well as usageof alternative translation initiation codons, results in multipleisoforms, one of which initiates at a non-AUG (CUG) start codon.Related pseudogenes have been identified on chromosomes 1, 3, 8,10, and 12.