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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

gap junction protein, beta 2 [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:95720]

Gene Synonyms

Cx26, Gjb-2, connexin 26

Location

Chromosome 14: 57,335,919-57,342,240 reverse strand.

GRCm39:CM001007.3

About this gene

This gene has 2 transcripts (splice variants), 293 orthologues, 19 paralogues and is associated with 17 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000055698.9Gjb2-2012551226aaENSMUSP00000054343.8
 
Protein coding
CCDS27153Q00977 Q3UJE9 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000524195.1Gjb2-2023715226aaENSMUSP00000302558.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS27153Q3UJE9 GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1