CLDN6

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Claudin 6
Identifiers
SymbolCLDN6
External IDsMGI: 1859284 HomoloGene: 10300 GeneCards: CLDN6 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez907454419
EnsemblENSG00000184697ENSMUSG00000023906
UniProtP56747Q9Z262
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_021195NM_018777
RefSeq (protein)NP_067018NP_061247
Location (UCSC)Chr 16:
3.06 – 3.07 Mb
Chr 17:
23.68 – 23.68 Mb
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Claudin-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN6 gene.[1][2][3] It belongs to the group of claudins.

References

  1. Morita K, Furuse M, Fujimoto K, Tsukita S (Mar 1999). "Claudin multigene family encoding four-transmembrane domain protein components of tight junction strands". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96 (2): 511–6. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.2.511. PMC 15167. PMID 9892664. 
  2. Meertens L, Bertaux C, Cukierman L, Cormier E, Lavillette D, Cosset FL, Dragic T (Mar 2008). "The Tight Junction Proteins Claudin-1, -6, and -9 Are Entry Cofactors for Hepatitis C Virus". J Virol 82 (7): 3555–60. doi:10.1128/JVI.01977-07. PMC 2268462. PMID 18234789. 
  3. "Entrez Gene: CLDN6 claudin 6". 

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