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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

keratin 8 [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:96705]

Gene Synonyms

Card2, EndoA, K8, Krt-2.8, Krt2-8, TROMA-1, cytokeratin 8, cytokeratin-8, cytokeratin8

Location

Chromosome 15: 101,905,133-101,912,917 reverse strand.

GRCm39:CM001008.3

About this gene

This gene has 4 transcripts (splice variants), 236 orthologues, 69 paralogues and is associated with 33 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000023952.10Krt8-2011958490aaENSMUSP00000023952.9
 
Protein coding
CCDS27868P11679 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P3TSL:1
ENSMUST00000437503.1Krt8-2021955489aaENSMUSP00000215866.1
 
Protein coding
-GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT1
ENSMUST00000579675.1Krt8-2041947489aaENSMUSP00000358038.1
 
Protein coding
-GENCODE BasicAPPRIS ALT1
ENSMUST00000437504.1Krt8-2031781341aaENSMUSP00000215867.1
 
Nonsense mediated decay
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