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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

defensin, alpha, 21 [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:1913548]

Gene Synonyms

2010016B13Rik, Defcr21

Location

Chromosome 8: 21,515,557-21,516,533 forward strand.

GRCm39:CM001001.3

About this gene

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

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000076754.4Defa21-20142193aaENSMUSP00000076041.3
 
Protein coding
CCDS40264Q8C1P2 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P2TSL:1
ENSMUST00000587130.1Defa21-20242092aaENSMUSP00000365495.1
 
Protein coding
-GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT2
ENSMUST00000587131.1Defa21-20339457aaENSMUSP00000365496.1
 
Protein coding
-GENCODE Basic