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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

keratin 6A [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:1100845]

Gene Synonyms

Krt2-6a, Krt2-6c, MK6a, mK6[a]

Location

Chromosome 15: 101,598,345-101,602,742 reverse strand.

GRCm39:CM001008.3

About this gene

This gene has 2 transcripts (splice variants), 137 orthologues, 69 paralogues and is associated with 10 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000023788.8Krt6a-2012278553aaENSMUSP00000023788.7
 
Protein coding
CCDS27860P50446 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000230205.2Krt6a-2022372No protein-
 
Retained intron
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