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Symbol
Name
ID
Gja8
gap junction protein, alpha 8
MGI:99953
Phenotype annotations related to vision/eye
*Aspects of the system are reported to show a normal phenotype.
!Indicates phenotype varies with strain background.
Darker colors indicate more annotations
Human Phenotypes
Microcornea
Posterior subcapsular cataract
Nuclear cataract
Pulverulent cataract
Disease(s) Associated with GJA8
cataract
cataract 1 multiple types

Mouse Phenotypes
vision/eye phenotype
abnormal eye morphology
abnormal iris morphology
abnormal pupil morphology
abnormal cornea morphology
abnormal lens morphology
ruptured lens capsule
abnormal lens development
lens vacuoles
abnormal lens fiber morphology
cataract
nuclear cataract
total cataract
small lens
abnormal eye development
abnormal optic stalk morphology
microphthalmia
abnormal retina morphology
abnormal eye physiology
abnormal eye electrophysiology
Availability Mouse Genotype
Gja8Aey5/Gja8Aey5
Gja8dcm/Gja8dcm
Gja8L1/Gja8L1
Gja8Lop10/Gja8Lop10
Gja8No2/Gja8No2
Gja8R205G/Gja8R205G
Gja8tm1(Gja3)Tww/Gja8tm1(Gja3)Tww
Gja8tm1b(EUCOMM)Hmgu/Gja8tm1b(EUCOMM)Hmgu
Gja8tm1Paul/Gja8tm1Paul
Gja8tm1Rtm/Gja8tm1Rtm
Gja8Aey5/Gja8+
Gja8L1/Gja8+
Gja8L1/Gja8tm1Scr *
Gja8Lop10/Gja8+ !
Gja8Lop10/Gja8tm1Scr
Gja8No2/Gja8+
Gja8R205G/Gja8+
Gja8R205G/Gja8tm1Scr
Gja8R205G/?

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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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last database update
04/23/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory