This gene encodes a member of the SOX (SRY-related HMG-box) family of transcription factors involved in the regulation of embryonic development and in the determination of the cell fate. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional activator after forming a protein complex with other proteins. This protein acts as a nucleocytoplasmic shuttle protein and is important for neural crest and peripheral nervous system development. Mutations in this gene are associated with Waardenburg-Shah and Waardenburg-Hirschsprung disease.,SOX10,DOM,PCWH,WS2E,WS4,WS4C,Epigenetics & Nuclear Signaling,Transcription Factors,Cell Biology & Developmental Biology,Neuroscience,Cell Type Marker,Stem Cells,Neural Stem Cell marker,SOX10