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Fads2

protein-coding gene in the species Mus musculus
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18258482

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene[2]
Chromosome
mouse chromosome 19[13]
Cytogenetic location
19|19 A[15]
Encodes
Fatty acid desaturase 2[11]
Expressed in
otic vesicle, adrenal gland, saccule, otic placode, habenula, dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell, optic nerve, dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, right kidney, ventricular zone[16]
Found in taxon
house mouse[12]
Genomic end
10079110[5]
Genomic start
10040129[4]
HomoloGene ID
3149[3]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Ortholog
Fads2, fads2, fat-4, fat-3, FADS2[6][7][8][9][10]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en 2900042M13Rik en Fads2 en Fads2a en Fadsd2 en fatty acid desaturase 2
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Ensembl gene ID
ENSMUSG00000024665
Ensembl transcript ID
ENSMUST00000025567, ENSMUST00000238023, ENSMUST00000235937
Entrez Gene ID
56473
Exact match
identifiers.org
MGI Gene Symbol
Fads2
Mouse Genome Informatics ID
MGI:1930079
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_019699

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Summary

Fads2 is a gene[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Entrez Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ensembl Release 105. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Entrez Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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