SNAI1, Official Symbol SNAI1provided by HGNC Official Full Name snail family transcriptional repressor 1provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:11128 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000124216 MIM:604238; AllianceGenome:HGNC:11128 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as SNA; SNAH; SNAIL; SLUGH2; SNAIL1; dJ710H13.1 Summary The Drosophila embryonic protein snail is a zinc finger transcriptional repressor which downregulates the expression of ectodermal genes within the mesoderm. The nuclear protein encoded by this gene is structurally similar to the Drosophila snail protein, and is also thought to be critical for mesoderm formation in the developing embryo. At least two variants of a similar processed pseudogene have been found on chromosome 2. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] Expression Broad expression in gall bladder (RPKM 10.2), thyroid (RPKM 5.1) and 21 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all