MAGEA9

Melanoma antigen family A9
Identifiers
Symbols MAGEA9 ; CT1.9; MAGE9
External IDs OMIM: 300342 HomoloGene: 129593 GeneCards: MAGEA9 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4108 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000123584 n/a
UniProt P43362 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005365 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_005356 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr X:
149.78 – 149.79 Mb
n/a
PubMed search n/a

Melanoma-associated antigen 9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAGEA9 gene.[1][2]

This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80% sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of this gene family enables the same function to be expressed under different transcriptional controls. The MAGEA genes are clustered at chromosomal location Xq28. They have been implicated in some hereditary disorders, such as dyskeratosis congenita.[2]

References

  1. Rogner UC, Wilke K, Steck E, Korn B, Poustka A (Mar 1996). "The melanoma antigen gene (MAGE) family is clustered in the chromosomal band Xq28". Genomics 29 (3): 725–31. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.9945. PMID 8575766.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: MAGEA9 melanoma antigen family A, 9".

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