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Norway rat - BN/NHsdMcwi (GRCr8)
Description

eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2B subunit alpha [Source:RGD Symbol;Acc:620819]

Gene Synonyms

eIF-2a

Location

Primary_assembly 12: 37,686,559-37,708,078 forward strand.

GRCr8:CM070402.1

About this gene

This gene has 3 transcripts (splice variants), 220 orthologues, 3 paralogues and is associated with 10 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeUniProt MatchFlags
ENSRNOT00000092416.3Eif2b1-2022493305aaENSRNOP00000075870.1
 
Protein coding
A0A0U1RRZ2 Ensembl CanonicalAPPRIS P1
ENSRNOT00000092699.3Eif2b1-2031586284aaENSRNOP00000075860.2
 
Protein coding
A0A0U1RRY3 -
ENSRNOT00000077380.3Eif2b1-2011389257aaENSRNOP00000069357.3
 
Protein coding
A0A0G2JV57 -