CLDN18

Claudin 18
Identifiers
Symbols CLDN18 ; SFTA5; SFTPJ
External IDs OMIM: 609210 MGI: 1929209 HomoloGene: 9489 GeneCards: CLDN18 Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 51208 56492
Ensembl ENSG00000066405 ENSMUSG00000032473
UniProt P56856 P56857
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001002026 NM_001194921
RefSeq (protein) NP_001002026 NP_001181850
Location (UCSC) Chr 3:
138 – 138.03 Mb
Chr 9:
99.69 – 99.72 Mb
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Claudin-18 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN18 gene.[1] It belongs to the group of claudins.

CLDN18 belongs to the large claudin family of proteins, which form tight junction strands in epithelial cells (Niimi et al., 2001).[supplied by OMIM][1]

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