Entrez gene ID | | 153562 |
Official gene symbol | | MARVELD2 |
Full name | | MARVEL domain containing 2 |
Aliases | | ,DFNB49,FLJ30532,MARVD2,MRVLDC2,Tric, |
Gene summary | | Tight junctions (TJ) prevent leakage of solutes through the paracellular pathway of epithelial cells. MARVELD2, or tricellulin (TRIC), is an integral membrane protein concentrated at the vertically oriented TJ strands of tricellular contacts (Ikenouchi et al., 2005 [PubMed 16365161]).[supplied by OMIM] |
Location | | Chromosome: 5 Locus: 5q13.2 |
Gene position | | 68710939 - 68737890 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 26952 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 610572 |