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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

defensin, alpha, 23 [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:3630381]

Gene Synonyms

Defcr23

Location

Chromosome 8: 21,543,616-21,546,155 forward strand.

GRCm39:CM001001.3

About this gene

This gene has 3 transcripts (splice variants), 224 orthologues and 27 paralogues.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000098899.5Defa23-20154593aaENSMUSP00000096498.4
 
Protein coding
CCDS40265Q5G866 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000578649.1Defa23-20260893aaENSMUSP00000357012.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS40265-GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1
ENSMUST00000587128.1Defa23-20339457aaENSMUSP00000365493.1
 
Protein coding
-GENCODE Basic