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Norway rat - BN/NHsdMcwi (GRCr8)
Description

interleukin 6 receptor [Source:RGD Symbol;Acc:2902]

Gene Synonyms

IL-6R 1, IL-6R-alpha, IL-6RA, IL6R1, Il6ra

Location

Primary_assembly 2: 177,582,164-177,645,221 reverse strand.

GRCr8:CM070392.1

About this gene

This gene has 2 transcripts (splice variants), 526 orthologues, 24 paralogues and is associated with 39 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeUniProt MatchFlags
ENSRNOT00000156101.1Il6r-2022508491aaENSRNOP00000106230.1
 
Protein coding
-Ensembl CanonicalAPPRIS P2
ENSRNOT00000028234.9Il6r-2014539462aaENSRNOP00000028234.6
 
Protein coding
A6J6I0 G3V8T6 APPRIS ALT2