protein coding gene - rec8 (SPBC29A10.14) - meiotic cohesin complex kleisin subunit Rec8

Gene summary

Standard name

rec8

Systematic ID

SPBC29A10.14

Product

meiotic cohesin complex kleisin subunit Rec8

Organism

Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)

UniProt ID

P36626

ORFeome ID

51/51E03

Characterisation status

biological role published

Feature type

mRNA gene

Genomic location

chromosome II: 2568938..2570993 forward strand

Annotation

Protein features

Orthologs

• REC8 (HGNC:16879) Homo sapiens
• rec8 (SJAG_03926) Schizosaccharomyces japonicus
• REC8 (YPR007C) Saccharomyces cerevisiae

References / Literature

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