Acts as a transcriptional activator. Required for the maintenance of NEUROD1 expression in the horomone-producing endocrine cells of the pancreas. May be involved in specifying diencephalic neuromeric boundaries, and in controlling the expression of genes that play a role in axonal guidance. Associates with chromatin at the NEUROD1 promoter region. Binds to a subset of consensus elements within the NEUROD1 promoter.
"Regional expression of the homeobox gene Nkx-2.2 in the developing mammalian forebrain."Price M., Lazzaro D., Pohl T., Mattei M.-G., Ruether U., Olivo J.-C., Duboule D., di Lauro R.Neuron 8:241-255(1992)
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