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Wnt8b Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Wnt8b
  • Name
    wingless-type MMTV integration site family, member 8B
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:109485
    NCBI Gene: 22423
  • Alliance
    genome feature page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    3 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr19:44481912-44502712 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 19, 37.98 cM
  • Mapping Data
    7 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    825 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    19
  • PCR
    1
  • RFLP
    2
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_109485
 protein coding gene Chr19:44481911-44502712 (+)
129S1/SvImJ ENSMUSG00200021306
 protein coding gene Chr19:41196519-41217489 (+)
A/J ENSMUSG00195013878
 protein coding gene Chr19:41330590-41351329 (+)
AKR/J ENSMUSG00220019302
 protein coding gene Chr19:41124059-41145037 (+)
BALB/cJ ENSMUSG00180016584
 protein coding gene Chr19:41582985-41603716 (+)
C3H/HeJ ENSMUSG00175006265
 protein coding gene Chr19:41113047-41134019 (+)
C57BL/6NJ ENSMUSG00215004242
 protein coding gene Chr19:41172207-41193026 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0022999
 protein coding gene Chr19:41157058-41177617 (+)
CAST/EiJ ENSTCUG00005016221
 protein coding gene Chr19:40759769-40780670 (+)
CBA/J ENSMUSG00210018830
 protein coding gene Chr19:41192708-41213679 (+)
DBA/2J ENSMUSG00185008424
 protein coding gene Chr19:41706637-41727363 (+)
FVB/NJ ENSMUSG00205020178
 protein coding gene Chr19:40620181-40640977 (+)
JF1/MsJ ENSUMUG00000034616
 protein coding gene Chr19:41847195-41869556 (+)
LP/J ENSMUSG00230020595
 protein coding gene Chr19:42466465-42487437 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ ENSMUSG00190005207
 protein coding gene Chr19:41056387-41077114 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ ENSMUSG00225043947
 protein coding gene Chr19:46060778-46081756 (+)
PWK/PhJ ENSLUMG00010001076
 protein coding gene Chr19:41013095-41034361 (+)
SPRET/EiJ ENSMSPG00010007520
 protein coding gene Chr19:40758455-40776845 (+)
WSB/EiJ ENSIUOG00005005586
 protein coding gene Chr19:40566288-40587098 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    WNT8B, Wnt family member 8B
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    WNT8B, Wnt family member 8B
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 7479
    UniProt: Q93098

  • Chr Location
    10q24.31; chr10:100463009-100483744 (+)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with human WNT8B associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    1 phenotype from 1 allele in 1 genetic background
    4 phenotype references
Mice homozygous for a null allele are viable and healthy with no evidence of hippocampal or hypothalamic defects and normal cell proliferation in the neurogenic region of the adult dentate gyrus.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    18
  • GO References
    6
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
Click cells to view annotations.
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
Click cells to view annotations.


  • Assay Results
    1060
  • Tissues
    358
  • cDNA Data
    24
  • Literature Summary
    133
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic 22423 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 20801 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript NM_011720 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 3375 ZRU/MplStud  
polypeptide Q9WUD6 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 350 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 60
    cDNA 27
    Primer pair 18
    Other 15

    Microarray probesets 3
Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-39484
References
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  • Summaries
    All 163
    Developmental Gene Expression 133
    Gene Ontology 6
    Phenotypes 4
  • Earliest
    J:39203 Varlet I, et al., nodal expression in the primitive endoderm is required for specification of the anterior axis during mouse gastrulation. Development. 1997 Mar;124(5):1033-44
  • Latest
    J:381062 Kyei-Barffour I, et al., Wnt5a Regulates Embryonic Mullerian Duct Development Through the Non-Canonical Wnt PCP Pathway. Cells. 2026 Feb 17;15(4)
Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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