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Mucin 7

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mucin-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MUC7 gene.[3][4] In animals, the MUC7 gene is found in most placental mammals, but not marsupials.[5]

AliasesMUC7, MG2, mucin 7, secreted
External IDsOMIM: 158375; GeneCards: MUC7
End70,482,997 bp[1]
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MUC7
Identifiers
AliasesMUC7, MG2, mucin 7, secreted
External IDsOMIM: 158375; GeneCards: MUC7
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_152291
NM_001145006
NM_001145007

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001138478
NP_001138479
NP_689504

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Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 70.43 – 70.48 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
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Human variations

Humans carry either a five or six tandem repeat version of the gene. In other primates, the number of repeats found is 4-5 for gorillas, 5 for chimpanzees, 6-7 for orangutans, 8-10 for macaques, 10-11 for baboons and 11-12 for green monkeys.[5]

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