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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

interleukin 21 [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:1890474]

Location

Chromosome 3: 37,276,908-37,286,785 reverse strand.

GRCm39:CM000996.3

About this gene

This gene has 3 transcripts (splice variants), 113 orthologues and is associated with 18 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000029273.8Il21-2013072146aaENSMUSP00000029273.2
 
Protein coding
CCDS17317Q5SUE2 Q9ES17 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000161015.2Il21-202529162aaENSMUSP00000124668.2
 
Protein coding
CCDS71236E9PX58 GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENSMUST00000196943.2Il21-2032335No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:NA