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CLDN9

Claudin-9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN9 gene. It belongs to the group of claudins.

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CLDN9
Identifiers
AliasesCLDN9, claudin 9, DFNB116
External IDsOMIM: 615799; MGI: 1913100; HomoloGene: 10656; GeneCards: CLDN9; OMA:CLDN9 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020982

NM_020293

RefSeq (protein)

NP_066192

NP_064689

Location (UCSC)Chr 16: 3.01 – 3.01 MbChr 17: 23.9 – 23.9 Mb
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Claudin-9 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLDN9 gene.567 It belongs to the group of claudins.

This gene is expressed in the inner ear, olfactory epithelium, and anterior pituitary gland 8 and is involved in hearing.91011

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References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000213937Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000066720Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Peacock RE, Keen TJ, Inglehearn CF (Mar 1998). "Analysis of a human gene homologous to rat ventral prostate.1 protein". Genomics. 46 (3): 443–9. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5033. PMID 9441748.
  6. Meertens L, Bertaux C, Cukierman L, Cormier E, Lavillette D, Cosset FL, Dragic T (Mar 2008). "The tight junction proteins claudin-1, -6, and -9 are entry cofactors for hepatitis C virus". J Virol. 82 (7): 3555–60. doi:10.1128/JVI.01977-07. PMC 2268462. PMID 18234789.
  7. "Entrez Gene: CLDN9 claudin 9".
  8. Higashi AY, Higashi T, Furuse K, Ozeki K, Furuse M, Chiba H (Nov 2021). "Claudin-9 constitutes tight junctions of folliclo-stellate cells in the anterior pituitary gland". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 21642. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1121642H. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01004-z. PMC 8568902. PMID 34737342.
  9. Gene discovery reveals a critical protein's function in hearing
  10. Nakano Y, Kim SH, Kim HM, Sanneman JD, Zhang Y, Smith RJ, Marcus DC, Wangemann P, Nessler RA, Bánfi B (Aug 2009). "A claudin-9-based ion permeability barrier is essential for hearing". PLOS Genetics. 5 (8) e1000610. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000610. PMC 2720454. PMID 19696885.
  11. Sineni CJ, Yildirim-Baylan M, Guo S, Camarena V, Wang G, Tokgoz-Yilmaz S, Duman D, Bademci G, Tekin M (Oct 2019). "A truncating CLDN9 variant if associated with autosomal recessive nonsyndromic hearing loss". Human Genetics. 138 (10): 1071–1075. doi:10.1007/s00439-019-02037-1. PMC 6745279. PMID 31175426.
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