MAGEA2 Products

Description

This gene is a member of the MAGEA gene family. The members of this family encode proteins with 50 to 80% sequence identity to each other. The promoters and first exons of the MAGEA genes show considerable variability, suggesting that the existence of this gene family enables the same function to be expressed under different transcriptional controls. The MAGEA genes are clustered at chromosomal location Xq28. They have been implicated in some hereditary disorders, such as dyskeratosis congenita. This gene has two identical copies at different loci. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq]. Transcript Variant: This variant (1) differs from variants 2 and 3 in the 5' UTR, and the three variants encode the same protein. Publication Note: This RefSeq record includes a subset of the publications that are available for this gene. Please see the Entrez Gene record to access additional publications.

Bioinformatics

Product By Gene ID	4101
Alternate Names	Cancer/testis antigen 1.2 CT1.2MGC131923 MAGE-2 antigen MAGEA2Amember 2 MAGEA2B melanoma antigen 2 melanoma antigen family A, 2 melanoma-associated antigen 2