| Entrez gene ID | | 56099 |
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| Official gene symbol | | PCDHGB7 |
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| Full name | | protocadherin gamma subfamily B, 7 |
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| Aliases | | ,ME6,PCDH-GAMMA-B7, |
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| Gene summary | | This gene is a member of the protocadherin gamma gene cluster, one of three related clusters tandemly linked on chromosome five. These gene clusters have an immunoglobulin-like organization, suggesting that a novel mechanism may be involved in their regulation and expression. The gamma gene cluster includes 22 genes divided into 3 subfamilies. Subfamily A contains 12 genes, subfamily B contains 7 genes and 2 pseudogenes, and the more distantly related subfamily C contains 3 genes. The tandem array of 22 large, variable region exons are followed by a constant region, containing 3 exons shared by all genes in the cluster. Each variable region exon encodes the extracellular region, which includes 6 cadherin ectodomains and a transmembrane region. The constant region exons encode the common cytoplasmic region. These neural cadherin-like cell adhesion proteins most likely play a critical role in the establishment and function of specific cell-cell connections in the brain. Alternative splicing has been described for the gamma cluster genes. [provided by RefSeq] |
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| Location | | Chromosome: 5 Locus: 5q31 |
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| Gene position | | 140797282 - 140892546 Map Viewer |
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| Gene orientation | | plus |
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| Gene size | | 95265 bp |
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| OMIM ID | | 606304 |
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