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Met Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Met
  • Name
    met proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase
  • Synonyms
    c-Met, HGF receptor, Par4
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:96969
    NCBI Gene: 17295
  • Alliance
    genome feature page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    18 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr6:17463799-17573979 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 6, 7.83 cM, cytoband A2
  • Mapping Data
    48 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    3452 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    19
  • RFLP
    13
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_96969
 protein coding gene Chr6:17463351-17573979 (+)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200019362
 protein coding gene Chr6:14538363-14624619 (+)
A/J ENSMUSG00195012785
 protein coding gene Chr6:14496964-14578526 (+)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220000952
 protein coding gene Chr6:14070871-14152438 (+)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180001287
 protein coding gene Chr6:14640656-14722690 (+)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175015548
 protein coding gene Chr6:14427005-14509044 (+)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215008828
 protein coding gene Chr6:14551964-14634759 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0028118
 protein coding gene Chr6:13078802-13187922 (+)
CAST/EiJ ENSTCUG00005021480
 protein coding gene Chr6:14252471-14337715 (+)
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210006179
 protein coding gene Chr6:14454585-14536615 (+)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185025611
 protein coding gene Chr6:14578291-14660756 (+)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205007490
 protein coding gene Chr6:14511238-14592796 (+)
JF1/MsJ ENSUMUG00000001071
 protein coding gene Chr6:14357185-14443566 (+)
LP/J ENSMUSG00230002933
 protein coding gene Chr6:15568973-15655240 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190009633
 protein coding gene Chr6:14329796-14412199 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225004978
 protein coding gene Chr6:17467009-17548572 (+)
PWK/PhJ ENSLUMG00010019159
 protein coding gene Chr6:14066381-14152761 (+)
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010014594
 protein coding gene Chr6:14344898-14452181 (+)
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOG00005003359
 protein coding gene Chr6:14557089-14638786 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    MET, MET proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    MET, MET proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase
  • Synonyms
    AUTS9, c-Met, DA11, DFNB97, HGFR, RCCP2
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 4233
    UniProt: P08581

  • Chr Location
    7q31.2; chr7:116672051-116798386 (+)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    4 with Met mouse models; 8 with human MET associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    2 with disease annotations
  • References
    3 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    78 phenotypes from 12 alleles in 14 genetic backgrounds
    50 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    1 images
    118 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

Click cells to view annotations.
Homozygous null mutants exhibit impaired embryonic development resulting in death. Abnormalities observed in various mutant lines include muscle agenesis due to impaired migration of myogenic precursors, defects of motor axon migration, and placental and liver defects.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    108
  • GO References
    26
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
    1241
  • Tissues
    365
  • cDNA Data
    89
  • Literature Summary
    114
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000009376 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 110181 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000115443 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 6809 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000111103 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 1379 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 129
      Genomic 14
      cDNA 91
      Primer pair 16
      Other 8
      Antibodies 12

      Microarray probesets 4
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-12203, MGI:1197520, MGI:2141478
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 374
      Developmental Gene Expression 114
      Diseases 3
      Gene Ontology 26
      Phenotypes 118
    • Earliest
      J:8287 Park M, et al., Mechanism of met oncogene activation. Cell. 1986 Jun 20;45(6):895-904
    • Latest
      J:373084 Grattarola M, et al., Establishment of a mouse hepatocellular carcinoma tumoroid panel recapitulating inter- and intra- heterogeneity for disease modelling and combinatorial drug discovery. Cell Commun Signal. 2025 Oct 2;23(1):410
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    09/08/2026
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