Biology:MAGEC2

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Melanoma-associated antigen C2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAGEC2 gene.[1][2]

This gene is related to members of the MAGEC gene family. It is not expressed in normal tissues, except for testis, and is expressed in tumors of various histological types. This gene and the MAGEC genes are clustered on chromosome Xq26-q27.[2]

References

  1. "CT10: a new cancer-testis (CT) antigen homologous to CT7 and the MAGE family, identified by representational-difference analysis". Int J Cancer 85 (5): 726–32. Mar 2000. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000301)85:5<726::AID-IJC21>3.0.CO;2-F. PMID 10699956. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: MAGEC2 melanoma antigen family C, 2". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=51438. 

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