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Related Gene(s)

The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) provides a list of genes in the bHLH familyThis link leads to a site outside Genetics Home Reference..

Genetics Home Reference summarizes the normal function and health implications of these genes in the bHLH gene family:

  • EPAS1: endothelial PAS domain protein 1
  • HES7: hairy and enhancer of split 7 (Drosophila)
  • MESP2: mesoderm posterior 2 homolog (mouse)
  • MITF: microphthalmia-associated transcription factor
  • MYCN: v-myc myelocytomatosis viral related oncogene, neuroblastoma derived (avian)
  • TCF4: transcription factor 4
  • TWIST1: twist basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor 1
 
Reviewed: March 2011
Published: May 13, 2013