MISFA Gene

Name mitochondrial sheath formation associated
Description Predicted to be involved in sperm mitochondrial sheath assembly. Predicted to be located in mitochondrial outer membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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NCBI Gene ID 100506540
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Functional Associations

MISFA has 263 functional associations with biological entities spanning 4 categories (functional term, phrase or reference, chemical, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 10 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles tissue samples with high or low expression of MISFA gene relative to other tissue samples from the Allen Brain Atlas Aging Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Tissue Sample Gene Expression Profiles dataset.
CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas gene perturbations changing expression of MISFA gene from the CM4AI KOLF21J CRISPRi Gene Perturbation Atlas dataset.
COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 cellular components co-occuring with MISFA protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the COMPARTMENTS Text-mining Protein Localization Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.
GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 tissues with high or low expression of MISFA gene relative to other tissues from the GTEx Tissue Gene Expression Profiles 2023 dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets 2025 transcription factors regulating expression of MISFA gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Human Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 transcription factors regulating expression of MISFA gene from the Rummagene Transcription Factor Associations 2026 dataset.
RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of MISFA gene from the RummaGEO Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures gene perturbations changing expression of MISFA gene from the RummaGEO Gene Perturbation Signatures dataset.
Sci-Plex Drug Perturbation Signatures drug perturbations changing expression of MISFA gene from the Sci-Plex Drug Perturbation Signatures dataset.
TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 tissues co-occuring with MISFA protein in abstracts of biomedical publications from the TISSUES Text-mining Tissue Protein Expression Evidence Scores 2025 dataset.