Hand1 - heart and neural crest derivatives expressed 1

Predicted to enable several functions, including DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific; bHLH transcription factor binding activity; and protein homodimerization activity. Predicted to contribute to transcription cis-regulatory region binding activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cardiac chamber morphogenesis; in utero embryonic development; and regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including animal organ morphogenesis; mesoderm formation; and regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Located in nucleus. Orthologous to human HAND1 (heart and neural crest derivatives expressed 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]