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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

CD8 subunit alpha [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:88346]

Gene Synonyms

Ly-2, Ly-35, Ly-B, Lyt-2

Location

Chromosome 6: 71,350,411-71,356,157 forward strand.

GRCm39:CM000999.3

About this gene

This gene has 3 transcripts (splice variants), 172 orthologues and is associated with 17 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000066747.14Cd8a-2013128247aaENSMUSP00000068123.8
 
Protein coding
CCDS39507P01731-1 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2TSL:1
ENSMUST00000172321.3Cd8a-2022975222aaENSMUSP00000131873.2
 
Protein coding
CCDS51806Q8CAX3 GENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2TSL:1
ENSMUST00000205054.2Cd8a-2031950No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:1