MAGEC2

MAGEC2

MAGEC2

Protein-coding gene in humans


Melanoma-associated antigen C2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MAGEC2 gene.[3][4]

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This gene is related to members of the MAGEC gene family. It is not expressed in normal tissues, except for testis, and is expressed in tumors of various histological types. This gene and the MAGEC genes are clustered on chromosome Xq26-q27.[4]


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Gure AO, Stockert E, Arden KC, Boyer AD, Viars CS, Scanlan MJ, Old LJ, Chen YT (Mar 2000). "CT10: a new cancer-testis (CT) antigen homologous to CT7 and the MAGE family, identified by representational-difference analysis". Int J Cancer. 85 (5): 726–32. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000301)85:5<726::AID-IJC21>3.0.CO;2-F. PMID 10699956. S2CID 42873107.

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