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Norway rat - BN/NHsdMcwi (GRCr8)
Description

gap junction protein, alpha 8 [Source:RGD Symbol;Acc:628890]

Gene Synonyms

Cx50, Cxnl

Location

Primary_assembly 2: 187,175,507-187,186,167 reverse strand.

GRCr8:CM070392.1

About this gene

This gene has 2 transcripts (splice variants), 212 orthologues, 18 paralogues and is associated with 34 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeUniProt MatchFlags
ENSRNOT00000155163.1Gja8-2025848440aaENSRNOP00000107012.1
 
Protein coding
A0A654ICG1 A6K3A3 Ensembl CanonicalAPPRIS P1
ENSRNOT00000071622.4Gja8-2011642440aaENSRNOP00000066975.1
 
Protein coding
A0A654ICG1 A6K3A3 Q8K4Q9
APPRIS P1